The Friendly Arctic: the Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
The Friendly Arctic: the Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
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Bedding is tolerably safe when the packs are heavily ballasted with meat or Digitized by Google 368 THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC some such thing, in which case the bed skins can be tied in small bundles on top of the dogs' backs.
One illustration will show a peculiar danger inherent in this travel. I had been hunting ahead and was approaching some cari- bou that were about a mile off our course. Both these caribou and I were in plain sight and the men should have seen us, but they did not see us and wen...t right by. This exposed them to a danger from which I protected them ordinarily, that of coming over a hill crest without warning into close quarters with caribou.
That is just what they did. Storkerson knew we needed meat that evening and instead of looking after the dogs he commenced blazing away at the caribou. He had fired two excited shots, both without hitting, when one of the other men shouted to him to catch the dogs. It was too late then. Out of the thirteen dogs Thomsen and Ole were able to get hold of only four or five and the rest rushed in full pursuit of the caribou.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Bedding is tolerably safe when the packs are heavily ballasted with meat or Digitized by Google 368 THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC some such thing, in which case the bed skins can be tied in small bundles on top of the dogs' backs.
One illustration will show a peculiar danger inherent in this travel. I had been hunting ahead and was approaching some cari- bou that were about a mile off our course. Both these caribou and I were in plain sight and the men should have seen us, but they did not see us and wen...t right by. This exposed them to a danger from which I protected them ordinarily, that of coming over a hill crest without warning into close quarters with caribou.
That is just what they did. Storkerson knew we needed meat that evening and instead of looking after the dogs he commenced blazing away at the caribou. He had fired two excited shots, both without hitting, when one of the other men shouted to him to catch the dogs. It was too late then. Out of the thirteen dogs Thomsen and Ole were able to get hold of only four or five and the rest rushed in full pursuit of the caribou.
What to read after The Friendly Arctic: the Story of Five Years in Polar Regions?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to read onlineMoreLess
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