LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The author preparing his breakfast on the march . . . .115 



Annootok, showing a snow igloo, and a dory raised from the 



ground in which dog food was stored 125 



Looking for a way through rough ice . . . 132 



Loading the sledges 135 



Typical scene in Eskimo camp on the ice 145 



Musk-ox trophies lashed on sledge 156 



A killing; author, rifle in hand, stands over the carcass of a 



musk-ox he has just shot 162 



Curious ice formation in Ellesmere Land 170 



Bivouacked in Ellesmere Land 175 



Looking for seal from an ice hummock 183 



Hare on the run probably the first photograph of Arctic 



hare ever published 189 



Musk-ox wedged between rocks in his death plunge down 



mountain side. The author, with rifle in hand . . . 200 



The Erik in small ice 212 



In Ellesmere Land. Heavy going 217 



The Erik unloading coal in Etah Harbor , 228 



Arctic hare 233 



Arctic hare 240 



Seal Hunting The seals are shot through a hole in a white 



cloth or hareskin screen 245 



Resting the dogs . .. 263 



In Ellesmere Land 273 



In Ellesmere Land ; Eiseeyou finds water 280 



Building a wind-break 288 



Musk-ox at bay 293 



The largest trophy of the hunt 298 



