The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23
Laid Out Route TO the
North While $50 Natipes
Secured Region for Game
How the Eskinos in Their Frai Kayaks Follow Up
the Huge Denizens of the Arctic Deep
with Their Harpoons.

horizon. There Is no night. AT sunset
and at sunrise storm clouds hide the
bursts of color which are the glory "f
twilight. and the electric nftcrglow is gen
orally lost in the dull gray which be-
speaks the torment Of the storms of the
setting sun.
The gloom Of the coming winter night
now thickens. The splcndor Of the sum
mer dny has gone. 4 day of SIN months
and night of six months is often ns-
cribcd to the polar regions as n whole. but
this is only true of a very small area about
the pole.
As we come south the sun slips under
the horizon for an ever increasing part
of each twcnty-fOur hours. Preceding
and following the night rs We come from
the pole there is period of day and
night which lcngthens with the descent of
latitude.
1t is this period which enable us to
retain the names of the usual seasons
summer for the double days. fall for the
poriod of the setting SUD. This season
begins when the sun first dips L T the
ice at midnight for n few moments.
The Arctic Night.
These moments increase rapidly, yet one
hardly appreciates that the sun Is de-
parting until day and night arc of equal
length. for the night remains light, though
not cheerful Then the day rapidly short
ems and dackcns aud the sun sinks uotil
at last there is but mere glimmer of tDe
glory Of day,
Winter is limited to the long night, and
spring applies TO the days Of the rising
sun, period corresponding 10 the autumn
days of the setting sun,
At Annootok the midnight sun is 6rst
seen over the sea horizon 90 April %. 1t
dips in the sea on August 10 1t thus Gu
circles the horizon, giving summer and
continuous day lor lis days. 1t sets at
midday o0 October p and is absent
period of prolonged night corresponding
to the day and rises on February 20
Then follow the eye opening days of
spring. In the fall, when the harmo'
niziDg influence of the sun is Withdrawn
there begins a battle of the elements
which continues its smoky aGita ton IN
I'll stilcd by the hopeless frost OF early
night.
at this time. though 6cld work was
painful. the needs of our venture forced
us TO persistent action in the chase OF
walrus, seal. narwbll and white whale.
We harvested food and fuel.
Before winter ice spread over the hunt
ing grounds ptarnieaD, hare aud reindeer
were sought 10 supply the table during
the long night with delicaeies, while bear
and fox pleased the paiates of the Eski-
mos, and their pelts clothed all.
Many long journeys were made to SC
cure an important supply Of grass to pad
boots and mittcns. and also 10 secure
moss. which serves as wick for the
Eskimo lamp The months of Septem-
ber and October were indeed important
periods Of anxious seeking for reserve
supplies
Aid from the Eskimos.
Thero was a complex activity suddenly
stimulated along the Greenland coast
which did not require general supervision
The Eskimos knew what was required
a word from Is. and Know better
than VIC did where to find the things worth
while An ouIliDe of the pol9 campaign
was sent from village to village. with
lew general Instructions
Each local group of natives was to hll
~ important duty and bring together the
amount of material required
-or our house and sled equipment Each
Eskimo village has as d rule certain game
advantages.
In some places foxes and hnrcs were
abundant. Their skins we're in great de-
nand for coats and stockings. and Eskimos
must not only gather the greatest number
possible but must prepare the skins and
make them INTO properly fitting garments
In other places reindeer we're Abundant
This skin was very much in demand for
.leeoipg bags. while the sincw was re-
uired for thread Iu still other places