Report of the First Thule Expedition 1912. 



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The ground outside each of them was strewn with bones of musk 

 ox and seal, showing that the tent-dwellers had not lacked meat. 



Eskimo tent rings. W. side of Brønlunds Fjord, Peary Land. 



Of winter houses no remain were found, although we explored 

 the surrounding country in all directions. 



The ice in Independence Fjord showed narrow fissures here and 

 there, and in these we sometimes saw flocks of as many as thirty 

 seals, some basking on the ice, others with only their heads above 

 water. There were also a number of ugtut (seals that sleep on the ice) 

 scattered about singly in various directions. Now and again a flock 

 of barnacle geese winged over our heads, or a couple of startled eider 



