GREENLAND BY THE POLAR SEA 



Eskimos or among the Danish families in the Greenland 

 colonies, it always brought a peculiarly pathetic greeting from 

 all that which we up here so keenly long for, but must forgo ; 

 and I have seen many a man, whom one could not otherwise 

 accuse of sentimentality, forcibly subdue the emotion which the 

 gramophone's music aroused. 



The three days spent in involuntary idleness took a good 

 slice out of our meat stores. But one day, as I was trying to 

 make up my mind as to how much more we could permit our- 

 selves to eat in case the storm should last, a man named Majaq 

 appeared, and he rid my mind of all cares. He had spent 

 spring and autumn by Renslaer Harbour and told me that he 

 still possessed considerable meat stores there, which he put 

 entirely at the disposal of the expedition if only we would pay 

 him in ammunition ; this offer we of course accepted with joy. 



On the 13th of April, in the afternoon, the weather at last 

 calmed down so that we could think of breaking up. There 

 was still a gale, but as under all circumstances here in Etah 

 wind and good weather go together, we made ready and drove 

 up against the wind. Towards morning we reached Anoritoq 

 and camped for the night. 



ICE-BEAR, THE WIDOW'S SON 



By a freak of fate Anoritoq possesses a name which means 

 " The Windswept One." This little camp, which has become 

 world-famous as the winter quarters of Dr. Cook's pretended 

 Polar Expedition, is, however, the only place in the neighbour- 

 hood of Etah which is always dead calm. 



Anoritoq's name is derived from an old tale about a certain 

 Anoritoq who reared a bear. 



The woman Arnajaq tells the following : 



Once there was a man named Angutdligamaq, who himself 

 never hunted. He occasionally went out on the ice, and if he 

 chanced to meet a man dragging a seal along, he killed him and 

 took the seal home as his own catch. In this way he lived. 

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