The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-08

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| OF these scenes that would haye ~.
more shudders for his pictures a. n.
! Internal regions. Distant bug lisses -
| they are called. when gleam.ns a. -s.s
always tell OF the catching OF a vs.I
soon after catching our whale ~ -.
to Port Clarence, in Bering ptrnat -
the Alaskan coast. TO wait for he 49,.
which was to bring up the man e. I'd
had heard no word from the vorlS 49,
we left San Francisco, March 4 ~
was now the LIST OF July. Tia isoss
also brought up fresh supplies Of f.S
and was eagerly lonEed for, a. IL ses.
Ing was the only break during Ia ~
son In the monotony Of life on ehfn ~
natives at the port had expsrieSenSs
severe winter. but they were q 49,
sophical "a the Siberian who han o.
on short rations for weeks, yet ~ ~
word of complaint but said M 4
smile OF satisfaction: BY and By. ps1ns
soon. Goldfish, catch him. hook"
We celebrated tho Fourth Of IN :
. temperature of s. degrees aAsvo -
and. being dressed In fur clothinR. ~
fered accordingly during the day. II
at night II was quite cool This vurhs
ton helped US to know when to e =
bed. for It was the season OF the -
night sun. and We had twenty-four 49,
OF uninterrupted sunshine One 49,
! n VI
and II seemed almost az clear q pte(10
as IL taken during the daytime and =.
other taken Just a. the man at the ~
| rang eight Observation-Disclosures ~
slightly lacking IN detail
From BerinG Sea Into the Aset1A
AS soon as possible we headed Int ~
Arctic. several vessels together ~
was little chance Of doing any vha1nG
In this part OF the ocean. 10 ~ ecnt>1no3
on until we reached the 'coal monm~
above Cape Lsburne. Here ~ ~
first insight into the tnconsisteuciee = g
Arctic summer. on the beach undes ~
overhanging blur was = snowdrtft wtsel
| must have been nearly 100 feet deeD; ~
we went In bathing In the nttis -
along tho oceans edge where tAe -
streams Of water came down freu ~
! hiilsides. The water wus not cola ~
the air was very chilly, and thegU ~
great cakes Of Ice floating abeue u -
ocean within = stones threw ~
streams flowed down seaward. wl0 ~
| SUMS rays warming them continuone -
ing the whole twenty-four hourA - ~
the water In them was oompoEuG~y
warm, while the water IN the eteaa ~
| icy cold.
| on top OF the blum found many -
| ers In bloom, among othern a large ~
! delion, and on ono OF the yellow hleoou
| was a humble bee attending to bun1nun
| in the same serious manner 40 ~
seen swarms Of them do on the A0l0m
| Of New England. paisieA buttegvn4
forget me-nots and other familiar eo~~o
| were seen, some of them growing n ~
| profusion. on the face OF the blu6 eo19D
| dug coal enough to carry the 49,
| through the season. Some natives ~
| not far away. and they spent mu4 \
| their time hanging around tho shlya ~
| day they all disappeared with sucA -
| denness that / was mystinsd. r. ~
tain informed me that they were ~
| deer hunting with mosquitoes Tho -
: quito crop OF Arctic Alaska ID fAr es1oe4
| than is needed for homo consumptieo -
every living thing IL regarded By th1n y
| legitimate prey. Even Eskimo does IN
TO dig deep holes in tho ground ~ retguolD
| from their occasional attacks. Whe0r4
| the wind comes from the south the -
| sqliitoes come from the swamps and -
| rasses and carried along with H. II ~
! deer have the misfortune 70 - neos y
! they are so pestered that they seek ~
| seaooast TO escape, and generally ~ ~
| TO the extreme ends OF the sanA ~
and often into the water itself. Me -
| kimo have come To learn that eVpy
| southerly wind IN liable to drive ~
| deer down from tho hillsides to the booe4
and at this time they took advAnta0o y
/ tho unwittingiy rendered services q ~
| mosquitoes and surrounding the -
shot three.
! From the coal mines we STARTED ~
! Ing again and went up The coast q -
1 beyond Point Barrow, and out - ~
/ edge of the solid north pack which ioe1ue
! old and dirty enough TO have been ~
since the year one. The Arctic In e.
part OF the globe ia not very dc<p -
| the shores OF ALASKA are all very iow. =
! that there arc no icsbergs occaslc11W
there are 20 10 seen great masses ef -
thrown up by fierce gales. but w -
countered nothing more than thirty =
forty feet high. The natives we're 49,
the same that We had seen befofs~tUs
tainly they were no clssnsr-speakin9 ~
same language with mere dlaletice3 ~
ferenooR. according TO the paft IL ASsn.
they came from, aud. ~ the whaling -
the LIE generally were 4 . same -
hung heavily on my haBda during ~
many weary weeks spent there ~
skirtsd the solid pack from 100 miles - =
east OF Point Harrow 20 Wrankri tNee4
north % Siberia. An occasional whan
was caught. and we had the brief ssct<
rnent OF two very severe ralss when
churnnd up the choppicsi sea ] ever -
perienced. popularity Of Arctic ~
We had magnificent view Of the rsDee
shores Of tho two islands. Ilsfs'd -
Wrangel. but made no landing. - -
end % the znhaon was fast sFpr1ac
The days we're growing shorter; ~ g.
Der iAe sun rose about o'ci0ck sne -
before 3. The nlgats we're very enh9
and great deal ~ smoke" aFrss -
the water, showing the differences 10 -
peratare 81 the water ard tbs afr.
Each morning he rigging o. ~
would be covered 10 a depth Of - -
or 40 with hoar frost. sugEestinx dfea.
OF phantom ships; bat the arsi tnnSn
suu-sni II Was gone.
few days later II became ev5de@
that the season OF whaling was al nse~
siiy over. When we caught our last 49,
The water war 20 icy that the nea ~
fersd much. "a the mate cams over "
rail- he threw hi8 aealskin coat on ana
stood erect on the DESK ihoush r'sM
81 TN ~ sheet iron, No stlH was II via !"
covering 81 leo
The next day we headed for hosns ~
two days later as We passed throsxn -
inT straits The odd Man and three w
ern - Us fArew our old boots and =
clothing overheard. declaring that
had had enough u whaling ana ~0a~
never 20 aEafn Personally I have EtT#