.1 SUMMER VOYAaE TO THE Alii TIC 



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ice-pack, in which she was licld for tliroe days. Witli a chanj^'o 

 of wind the ice loosened and the sliip was slowly extrieatud, 

 reachino; o{)en water in Cutnhcrland sound. 'I'wo days were 

 spent in the vicinity of F>hicklea(l island. This is a Scotch whal- 

 ing station, and the settlement consists of three or four Euro|»eans 

 and a large numher of P^skimos. The system ohtaining here is 

 a sort of feudal one, without government control. The natives 

 work for the management, in return for which they receive 

 European supplies, no money being used. From this point two 

 passengers were brought back to America, one an English mis- 

 sionary, who had been working among the Eskimos, and the 

 other a Dane, who had charge of an American whaling station 

 farther south. The latter brought with him the whalebone taken 

 from a single whale, the whalebone weighing something over a 

 ton and being valued at more than $10,()0(). lioth of these men, 

 who had spent years in this bleak, cold country, expressed re- 

 gret at leaving it and the hope of soon returning. 



The voyage from Cumberland sound was without incident, 

 save some beautiful auroral displays at night, and we landed at 



CUMUERLAND SOUND ESKIMOS 



