Kroin tlu' -kin of llii- bi-ariliHl si-al the K>kinios iiiMiuifaciurc llu'ir liiirpooii liiif'- ami tioot soles 



tlarkih'» till' l-]>kiiiio raiiiilv sits I'lilly 

 dressed upon the bed platform listening 

 to tiie roar and wliizz of wind and 

 driftinii- snow past the translucent win- 

 dow of soal intestines. Where is the 

 meat to eome from? The sea ice ex- 

 tends olfshore about twenty miles. Far 

 away at its edge there may l)e walrus, 

 but if sea and wind should break the 

 pack, death would be the inevitable re- 

 sult. Xo seals are up on the surface of 



thi- ice as yet. ami the lircalliiiig holes 

 are hard to liiid. On the land in the 

 neighborhood of the Eskimo village 

 there are but two living things, the xero- 

 tic hare and the Arctic fox. Before the 

 advent of the white man, the fox was 

 caught in rock traps, the hare was 

 snared and shot with the bone bow and 

 stone-tipped arrow. At present cheap, 

 small caliber Remingtons and Winehes- 

 ters are used. 



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-Arklio. dog driver of the expedition, and dead fiirihou at the nortlieni end of .Axel Helberg Land. 

 K-kimo values the caribou for its tender meat, but more for its light warm fur 



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