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CONQUERING THE ARCTIC ICE 



The new native family consisted of four members, Sachawa- 

 chick, his wife Douglamana, 1 with their two children Krajootak 

 and Tjimigok. They all looked very pleasant, and we liked them 





MR. STORKERSEN GOING ASHORE IN A RAFT TO FETCH THE BOATS 

 GONE ADRIFT DURING A GALE. 



at once. Sachawachick later on turned out to be the best 

 native in the vicinity, intelligent, helpful, and considerate. 



1 The names of the natives are spelled as correctly as is possible in 

 Latin orthography. Even so, these names are possibly incorrect, as these 

 Eskimos are in the habit of using the names which the whalers have given 

 them names derived from some bodily peculiarity, some trait of character, 

 or perhaps only an abbreviation of their real name. 



