The sun., 1919-03-02
Stefansson's expedition on the move.

/ Dr. Anderson departed westward on
March ii. l remained stationary for
some weeks, hunting with good sue
| cess, for We obtained not only caribou
but trapped many foxes, whose skins
| were valuable both scientifically and
! otherwise, not to mention the meat.
which we preferred, like that OF wolves,
to caribou when the latter were in poor
condition.
How to Meet billiards..
| Billiards still were occurring, and IN
! one l had the most difficult Of all my
experiences in finding camp Stll,
there is no danger to life from a biz
zard as long as you keep your head.
| The reason so many white men freeze
in the north is chiefly one OF their
| many superstitons about Arctic cold
namely, that II caught in a storm
you must keep moving continually, be-
cause If you stop and sit down, and es-
recjally If YOU so to sleep, you are sure
to perish. The sensible Eskimo rule is
| exactly the opposite. Just as soon as
YOU make up your mind that you are
lost, stop. And don't move again until
! YOU know where you are going.
4 white man, following his incor-
rect principle will walk until he is
thoroughly exhausted and usually until
| his clothes are wet with perspiration,
| Tho time comes when wcariness and
| slcepiness force him to stop. BY that
| time his powers OF resistance have be-
| come so low that freezing to death 10
| the common, in fact nearly the uni
Vcrsal, outcome.
| The thing to do II you cannot build
a snowhouse (Which sometimes is I'm
| possible) is TO find place that can be
! brushed clear OF snow. sit down with
! your back turned toward the wind, rest
your head on your knees and so To
sleep X you can. Sleep will help pass
/ tho time, and there is no danger in II,
| for as soon as you begin to set too
cold the chill will wake you up--ai-
ways provided, of course, that your
clothing is fit, that 1t is dry and that
| you have not exhausted yourself be-
fore you sit down.
! Still, people differ about this temper
amentally. Natkusiak seemed to enjoy
being caught in such a storm. and We
( have sometimes found not more than
two or three miles from camp a snow
house in which he had slept, when "a
man 6t different temperament would
almost certainly have found home. Ny
own inclination Is TO try 10 get to
camp, although I am prepared at all
times to sit down 10 wait for the
storms ending before getting damp
from sweat or tired out
on one OF his caribou hunts at this
time Natkusiak was away in a bltz-
lard for two days. Though TO be fully
( dressed at this season n man wears
two coats Ca thick outer one and thin
inner one of fawn skim. Natkusiak
was wearing only the fawn skin. and
we were considerably worried. But
on the third morning he returned all
safe and smiling. saying lie had had
the longest and best sleep ~ the win
ter He had been about four miles
from camp in a little snow hut with
roof less than four feet high and
floor not over five feet in diameter.
After careful consideration l had
come to the somewhat uncomfortable
conclusion that besides Natkusiak and
myself the boy Tannaumirk and the
woman Pannigablul5 were the only
ones on whom I could coant for the
projected Journey Into the Unknown
eastern country. Natkusiak was Will
ing 20 go anywhere. Paun!eoAluN did
not care much where she went Tan
uaum,ri Was entirely dsinclncd 80
so. bu. lacked tho backbone 10 onpos"
me in 1nrth!ng / wanted .Acc"rdug'v
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