Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-28

Fahrenheit; the barometer was steady and high. There was almost no wind and not a cloud lined the dome of pale purple blue. .,
 After two cups of tea. watch sized biscuit, chip of frozen meat and a powder of pemmican we crept out of the bags. The shivering legs were pushed through bearskin cylinders. which served as trousers, the feet were worked into frozen boots ane t-en we climbed into fur coats, kicked the front out of the snow house and danced about to start the fires of the heart.
 Quickly the camp furnishings were tossed on the sleds and securely lashed down. The dog traces were gathered into the drag lines and with a viEor- ous snap of the long whip the willing creatures bent to the shoulder straps. The sleds groaned and the unyieldine snows gave a metallic ring, but the train moved with cheerful pace.
 "Unne noona terronga dosangwah" (good land out of sight today) we said to one another, but the words did not come with serious intent. In. truth. each in his own way felt keenly that we were leaving a world of life and possible comfort for one of torment and suffering. Heiberg Island was alread / only a dull blue haze, while Grant Land was making fantastic figures of it's peaks and ice walls.
 Wave of Mirases.
 The stamp of reality had given place to a wave of curious mirages. Some peaks seemed like active volcanos, others rose to exaggerated heights and pierced the changing skies with multi pie spires like church steeples Alto tn1 of the upper surface of Grant Land un- der the influence of optical illusions gave us considerable entertainment.
 At every breathing spell the heads turned to the land and every look gave a new prospect. From belching vol canos to smoking cities of modern hustle the mirage gave suggestive bits of scenes. but more desolate line of coast could not be imagined.
 Low wind swept and ice polished mountains were separated by valleys filled with great depths of snow and Ice. This interior accumulation moved slowly to the sea. where it formed a low ice wall a glacier of the nalaspina type, but it's appearance was more like that of heavy sea ice; hence the name of the fragments from this glacier foeberg, which, seen in Lincoln sen and resembling old foes, were sup
 
 building of the ice of the North Polar sea.
 Late in the afternoon the land sud- denly settled as if by an earthquake. The pearly glitter which raised it darkened and purple fabric was drawn over the horizon. merging i'm perceptibly with the lighter purple blue of the upper skies. We saw the land, however, repeatedly for several days he at Tn, right condition to elevate the terres trial contour lines.
 All Conditions Favorable.
 Everything was in our favor in this march. The wind was not strong and struck at an angle, making it possible to guard the nose by pushing a mitten under the hood or by raising the fur clad hand. The snow was hard. and the ice in fairly large foes, separated by pressure lines, offered little trouble At the end of a forced effort of four teen hours the register indicated twenty-nine miles.
 Too tired to begin the construction of a house at once. we threw ourselves down on the sedges for short breath ing spell and fell asleep. Awakened about an hour later by a strong wind We hastened to seek shelter. The nedVy noe upon WHICH WE iesteu Hdu several large hummocks and oyer to the lee of one of these was found sui.- able snow for a camp. Lines of snowy vapor were rushing over the pack and the wind came with rapidly increas- ing force.
 But the dome was erected before We suffered severely from the blast and under it we crept out of the coming storms into warm furs.
 It blew fieTcely that night,f but in the morning the storm eased to a steady draught, with a temperature oi 59 degrees below. At noon we emerged The snow grays had been swept from the frigid dome, but to the north there remained low black line over a peariy cloud which gave us much uneasiness, I. was a narrow belt of water-s sky and