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CHAPTER XXIII.

Kalutunah returns.—An Esquimau Family.—The Family Property.—The
Family Wardrobe.—Myouk and his Wife.—Peter's
Dead Body found.—My New Teams.—The Situation.—Hunting.—Subsistence
of Arctic Animals.—Pursuit of Science under
Difficulties.—Kalutunah at Home.—An Esquimau Feast.—Kalutunah
in Service.—Recovering the Body of Mr. Sonntag.—The
Funeral.—The Tomb 265


CHAPTER XXIV.

Starting on my First Journey.—Object of the Journey.—A Mishap.—A
Fresh Start.—The First Camp.—Hartstene's Cairn.—Exploring
a Track.—A New Style of Snow-Hut.—An Uncomfortable
Night.—Low Temperature.—Effect of Temperature on the
Snow.—Among the Hummocks.—Sighting Humboldt Glacier.—The
Track impracticable to the Main Party.—Van Rensselaer
Harbor.—Fate of the Advance.—A Drive in a Gale 277


CHAPTER XXV.

Sending forward Supplies.—Kalutunah as a Driver.—Kalutunah
civilized.—Mr. Knorr.—Plan of my Proposed Journey.—Preparing
to set out.—Industrious Esquimau Women.—Death and Burial
of Kablunet.—The Start 290


CHAPTER XXVI.

The First Day's Journey.—A Fall of Temperature.—Its Effect
upon the Men.—Camped in a Snow-Hut.—The Second Day's
Journey.—At Cairn Point.—Character of the Ice.—The Prospect.—Storm-stayed.—The
Cooks in Difficulty.—Snow-Drift.—Violence
of the Gale.—Our Snow-Hut 297


CHAPTER XXVII.

The Storm continues.—At Work.—Among the Hummocks.—Difficulties
of the Track.—The Snow-Drifts.—Slow Progress.—The
Smith Sound Ice.—Formation of the Hummocks.—The Old Ice-Fields.—Growth
of Ice-Fields.—Thickness of Ice.—The Prospect 307


CHAPTER XXVIII.

The Difficulties multiplying.—Sledge broken.—Reflections on the
Prospect.—The Men breaking down.—Worse and Worse.—The
Situation.—Defeat of Main Party.—Resolve to send the Party
back and continue the Journey with Dogs 315