CHAPTER XII 



THE SLEDGE JOURNEY — (Continued) 



YxovA Tawanah's Igloo to the Great Ileilprin Glacier — The Little Matterhorn — 

 A Wet Night — Ptarmigan Island — "As the Crow flies " for the Eastern Bastion 

 of Herbert Island — A Nap in the Sunshine — Back at RedclifTe — A Busy Week 

 of Preparation for the Start on the Inland Ice — Canine Rivals. 



We unloaded our sledge, and, with Kudlah as our driver, 

 continued the exploration of Inglefield Gulf to its head. In 

 spite of Kudlah's having spent the entire time at Tawanah's 

 in eating seal, we had scarcely traveled a mile before he said 

 he was hungry for American kapah. When told it was not 

 yet time, he turned his attention to the dogs again, but soon 

 we saw that the dogs were having a go-as-you-please time, 

 and on looking to the driver for the reason we found him sit- 

 ting bolt-upright and fast asleep. We woke him, and to keep 

 him awake I gave him some crackers to eat. They had the 

 desired effect as long as they lasted, but as soon as they had 

 disappeared off he went to sleep again, and I came to the con- 

 clusion that they acted more as a narcotic than a stimulant, and 

 discontinued them. 



Just before reaching the head of this great gulf we came to 

 a nunatak in one of the numerous glaciers, shaped like the 



