Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-30

screened only the active rays whicl | inJure the eye, but did not interfer, | with the range of vision. Indeed, thu | eye. relieved of the snow glare, wa. better enable to see distant object. l than through field glasses. It is ire. Quently most difficult to detect icy sur. face irregularities on cloudy days Tn,
 amber glass also dispels this trouble | perfectly, enabling the eye to searcf carefully every nook and crevict
 through the vague incandescencC | which blinds the observer in hay
 weather, The amber glass therefore reduces not the quantity of light, as
 do smoky glasses. but the quality We
 were not only relieved of the pain and | fatigue of snow glare, but the amber color gave a touch of cheer and warmth to our chilled horizon of blues
 The usual snow goggles add an ugly gray blue to the frozen seas, which
 alone sends frosty waves over the ner-
 vous fibers.
 So thoroughly were we in love with
 these goggles that later they were
 worn while asleep, with the double object of screening the strong light which passes through the eyelids and also to keep the forehead warm. On this march in the early part of the afternoon the weather proved good and the ice, though newly crevassed.
 
 start spread our days work close to the chill of midnight. and before we were quite ready to camp there were signs of another gale from the west Little sooty clouds. with ragged edges scurried along at an alarming pace and beyond huge smoky bank black ened the pearly glitter.
 Suitable camping ice was sought and in the course of an hour an igloo was built The structure was built stronger than usual. Double tiers of snow blocks were placed to the wind ward and little water was thrown over the top to cement the blocks. The doge were fastened to the ice of hummocks. and sleds were securely lashed and fastened to the ice
 We expected a hurricane and had not long to wait to taste of it's bitters. Before we were at rest in our bags the wind brushed the snows with a force 1neonceivable. The air thicken- ed with rushing drift. Tn a few mo- ments the dogs and sleds were buried under banks of snow and great drifts encircied the igloo. The cemented' blocks of our dome withstood the sweep of the blast very we'll, but many small holes were burrowed through the snow wall, permitting some drift to enter. a
 Early in the morning, after a rush of but few hours, the storm ceased as suddenly as it came and left a still ness which was appalling. The dogs soon began to howl desperately. as if attacked by bear, and we rushed out, seeking guns, but there was no ap- creature.
 It was combined signal of distress. The. storm driven snows had buried and bound them in unyielding frost. They had partly uncovered themselves put by trace and harness they were frozen to hardened masses, so much SO that few could rise and stretch. which is a sereve torment to dogs af ter storm. We freed their traces. peat the cemented snows from their [urs with sticks. and their curling tails ana pointed noses told of common | gratitude.
 As we skirmished about for a little | stretch ourselves the sun rose over ne northern blye, flashing the newly | iriven snows dn warm tones. The l emperature during the storm rose to | 70 below, but now the thermometer tank rapidly below 40. The west was | till smoky and the weather did not 'eem quite settled It was too early | o start, so We disrobed again. slipped | nto the bags and sought a duiet lumber
 A few hours later we were rudelv -wakened by loud explosive noises looking about nothing unusual was detected about the igloo and a peen | trough the eye port gave no cause for he disturbance. It was concluded that ne ice was cracking from the sudden hange of temperature in quite the sual harmless manner and we turned yer to prolong the bag comforts.
 Then there came a series of thun- ering noises, with which the ice uivered. Ahwelah arose and said nat the house was breaking. I turned 0 rise and sank into a newly formed revass, which up to that moment was rldged by snow--a man in a bag is T eipless creature-and with water he ,w and tumbling blocks of snow from Dove pressing one deeper and deeper he case was far from humorous at of 4S below Still the boys lauef1ed heartily. heir hands. however, were uuicklv coupled. Ahwelah grabbed my Tar nd rolled me over on snow of doubt Il security. They then slipped into ITS with electric quickness and tossed ne things out on safe ice.
 In the extreme cold the water froze sheets about the bag, and when the e was beaten off the reindeer skin as, to my pleasure, found quite dry
 few moments more of sleep and we light all have found a resting place the chilling deep. That experienced ept us ever watchfu for the dangers the spreading ice in all calms after orms.