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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TO THE LIMITS OF NAVIGATION EXCITING HUNTS FOR GAME WITH THE ESKIMOS?ARRIVAL AT ETAH?SPEEDY TBIP TO ANNOATOK, THE WINDY PLACE, WHERE SUPPLIES ARE FOUND IN ABUNDANCE EVERYTHING AUSPICIOUS FOR DASH TO THE POLE?DETERMINATION TO ESSAY THE EFFORT? BRADLEY INFORMED?DEBARK FOR THE POLE?THE YACHT RETURNS Alone With Our Destiny, Seven Hundred Miles From The Pole We awoke off Cape Robertson early on August 13, and went ashore before breakfast. The picturesque coast here rises suddenly to an altitude of about two thousand feet, and is crowned with a gleaming, silver ice cap. Large bays, blue glacial walls and prominent headlands give a pleasing variety. It is much like the coast of all Greenland. On its southern exposure the eroded Huronian rocks provide shelter for millions of little auks. They dart incessantly from cliff to sea in a chattering cloud of wings. Rather rich and grassy verdure offers an oasis for the Arctic hare, while the blue fox finds life easy here, for he can fill his winter den with the fat feathered creatures which teem by millions. The Eskimos profit by the combination, and pitch their camp at the foot of the cliffs, for the chase on sea is nearly as good here as in other places, while land creatures literally tumble into the larder. As we approached the shore, ten men, nine women, thirty-one children and one hundred and six dogs came out to meet us. I count the children and dogs for they are equally important in Eskimo economy. The latter are by far the most important to the average Caucasian in the Arctic. Only small game had fallen to the Eskimos' lot, and they were eager to venture out with us after big game. Mr. Bradley gathered a suitable retinue of native guides, and we were not long in arranging a compact. Free passage, the good grac...

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General Books LLC
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0217259200
ISBN-13
9780217259200
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Book Title
My Attainment of the Pole
Author
Frederick Albert Cook
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Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Polar Regions, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Travel
Number of Pages
382 Pages

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