The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-02-10

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line. w e9gTse. rs vaHE! IsTtksr
than that, but iose auth Line ia
goin' erround the ies hsnisoeks an
snow-driftS. The wHy tbs rno@ N
piled up Ia Ai,e. aai llGla Hnew
hez fallen since Ho Aes g.u "a IAa
trip an that leads mc 20 belcaxa
that | suz lucky in maxim the trfp
just when | did. for shus thers II
but little snow on the pvA-!ce. uass
side ov the drifts Sh4ca he's oAaEhl
foothold so 10 speak against ice
humTocks. hit IL plash that great
snowstorns hey prevailed very lately
an We must hurry along an try To
make the return trip before the
SHOWS begin again. an not an ex-
pert in such matters. But Ee AL
know that snow never falls in the
United States when the weather In
extremely cold. Az the temperature
IL very low here now. hit IL plain 90
my mind that hit liz too cold 10 snow
and that the snow-stormA which hev
prevailed here happened durin' the
summer an early fall In other words.
the temperature at an near the Pole
liz probably about az warm ia July
an August az hit liz in Wisconsin or
Michigan In January al February.
IL that be true. people who visit the
North Pole durin' the comm sum
mer had better not put their over
coats In hook next spring. fer bliz-
yards air In style up here year In and
year out. Ny thermomeser. attached
to the side ov the sleigh. registered
only IS below zero this mornln'. But
| am expectin' cool spell oT ~eath-
er TO begin at any time.
Poor old Bob! feel sorry fer
him. He liz az tough az mules ever
git, suppose. But the oil-cloth tent
la small an narrow. an he hez TO
stand or lie on Ice every mite. which
liz far different from beln' in n gads
warm stable. The pair ov reindeer
used TO pull the sleigh air far from
comfortable. too, though they wuz
raised In a cold climate. But the
stock liz awl lookin' fairly yell an
will be able to carry Us an our out
fit back IL We air not gnow-bound or
overtaken by some other misfortune.
At several points az we cum eriong
I noticed cracks in the Ice war the
ice wuz fully twenty-five feet thick
When salt water freezes TO such .
depth you kin safely conclude that
they hez bin some very cold wealth
er. In fact, the cold weather fz awl
that me an my Eskimo kin IND 70
talk about. an so am bound TO
write much about hit. fer that liz ths
only thing that IL plentiful in this
frozen, frazzled frigid. frosi-eitten
| corner ov the earth.
| At times az we toiled onward ~s
witnessed a new sight In the strange.
untrodden land. IL appeared TO Do
great clouds on steam boliin' up from
the lee. Il must hev bin caused By
some strange action ov cold. Tor
there is no heat here in this awful
dead world 0v Ice and hit vuz not
probable that We saw any steam.
though the illusion Tuz wsii-nigh
perfect =.
The Temperature continues 70
ranxe betveen Sc and 45 degrees be-
low zero which leads me TO coneiuds
that we hev about reached the lowest
extreme In weather temperature
that bein' the coIdest yet recorded.
an hit doesn't seem TO be inclined
Ito show lower az we get faFthsi
north. / hope my theory viii prove
correct
Durin' the past few days me- an
NV Eskimo hey bin very thirsty. Or
course they IL plenty ov Ice. bu'
hit takes fuel TO melt hit, an faei
awfully scarce with us. worst o.
awl the water secured By meitin
: ice doesn't satisfy your thirst 10
anv length ov time. We must mel
: ice not only for water that / an m
rsk,mo drink, but awlso fer Bob AZ
| the two deer. an'>hit IL reducin' on
, little stock oy fuel. till bit IL b
Icomin' a serious matter. Al prs
caution against q possible wood fan
line. we hey quit maxim tea az aE
= An while rest IL necessary. We n
4 cuttin' down rest hours 50 az 70 gar
q little time, for. as the senoe
Z teacher uster say, "tempus Il fngi'
r rling." Perhaps the teacher knose
4 what that meant. but we skoiis'
4 | never found out. exsspt that MT wu
lto .ha effect that time IL nyin'. 9
! na.atp, nr snmethIn' ov that sort