THE RETURN ON FORCED MARCHES 



left behind; Abraham, Enok and I went ahead on 

 the trail ; while Gould and Belknap with the canoe 

 started up the lake beside which we had camped. 

 Our trekking party lost its way, and to get back 

 we had to make a wide detour in country with 

 many small lakes and knob-like hills which inter- 

 fered seriously with the views ahead. When we 

 at last arrived at the upper end of the lake, Gould 

 and Belknap were in with the loaded canoe. We set 

 up our tents at an old caribou hunter's camp while 

 the canoe was sent down the lake for the last load, 

 which was in by six o'clock. 



The strain of the strenuous trekking was now 

 beginning to tell upon us. Abraham's legs showed 

 indications of giving out, Nathaniel and Peter have 

 bad blisters on the soles of their feet and are under 

 treatment by Gould, Enok has strained his knee 

 in an attempt made, contrary to my wishes, to carry 

 two packs in one and so avoid a relay. We are, 

 however, nearing the ice-front, and on August 2nd, 

 the eighth day out from our base, I am able on my 

 pioneering trip to look down from a nearby ridge 

 upon a tongue of the great inland-ice. In honor 

 of the explorer who reached it in advance of us, I 

 give it the name of Otto Nordenskjold Glacier. 

 In two more days we should be able to reach the 

 edge of this glacier. 



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