Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
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daptabity to changing environment be assured.
impossible adequately the complex human
of unknown in the polar wilderness but the
Eskimo boys could be follow the limit of
seds budened only with absolute
stiles.
Because the importance of light equipment
much taken eliminate every of weight The
sled made of hickory the gtes wood consistent with
endurance but every needless fiber gouged out The
iron shoes ground hin every the weight of
everything after leaving headquarters.
The train, which followed the further
mystery composed sed, each carrying six hundred
under the lash OF expert
The combined freight follows: Pemmican pounds
musk tenderloin pounds todnu pounds pounds
coffee pound sugar. pounds condensed milk pounds milk
biscuits, 90 pounds powdered and compressed,
pounds; surprises pounds petroleum. pounds wood alcohol
pounds; candles, pounds; matches pound
THE CAMP EQUIPMENT
camp equipment following articles One blow
fire lamp OeueD aluminium pals aluminium aluminium
tablespoon tin plates pocket knives butcher
nches knife (3 inches) long knife Us inch
esq rifle sharps) rifle Winchester 22) cartridges
Ratchet Alpine line and lashings, personal bags
The sled equipment seds weighing 81 pounds EACH
12-foot folding "a pounds silk
sleeping bags (endee skim floor urs wood for
sled repairs, screws, nails and rivets.
The instruments follows: Three
artificial horizon glass; pedometer pocket
watch charts mapmaking material and termo
anerod barometer and films books and
pencils.
The bags contained four pairs of kaks with
fur stockings wooden shirt three pairs of seaskn
repair kit for mending clothing
On the march goggles, blue (kapi
tahs) birdskn Shirts wooden pants
hareskn stockings
knee and about the waist.
HELPING THE ADVANCE.
On the morning 10 preparations to
vide the The advance helped rough
the pack edge and for this Koolooingwah and nugo
selected The other Eskmos prepared
sled left with the cache good
in the two sleds badly broken
half gale blowing into north
west but this did interfere with the starting of those home
going Eskmos With abundant game they
little but ammunition supply their
When the word given the dogs gathered
the sleds spanned with jump Soon they disappeared
the rush driving The crack of the whips and the rebound
of cheering voices the last which faithful
age supporters They pay, de-
sire be helpful from the dark the ending night
bright nights of coming days. parting
forced pang of loneliness.
With snow-chaged blast quite impossi
BILE for withdrew the igoo
bags and slept few hours longer At the horizon cleared
the wind veeed southwest endurabe
force The dogs had been douby they
be fed again for days The twelve pounds
freight packed quickly slipped
deep grooves in the great poiocrystic foes.
The had swept pre-
cedng and the speed attained dogs through
rough such that difficult keep enough ahead
get good
The pressure lines gave little first
but the hard rreguay of the barred ice
Ad1e oI the lie OF eoS passing
miniature mountains of ice On slightly
north we sank the bold headand which
point of Heberg Island.
CAMP IS PITCHED
After of tvenysx miles pitched camp Aoeberg
OF unusual height There big ummocks
lee of which great banks Away from land
it always difficult find cutting build
ing blocks but conveniently placed In
the of hour comfortable was erected
and into of the piercing first davis
march the ccmpolar closed with good record
The dogs curled and sleep without CALL as if
they knew there would be food until the wild
their long hair
and sank quietly into comfortable sluber
quite impossible Letters be written The whole problem
must be again carefully studied and final plans
be made only reach ultimate destination the
returning parties and for the security the things