February, 1922 
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others talk; when he did speak, he usu- 
ally had something to say that was worth 
listening to. A story he told, which hap- 
pened the year before, affected me deeply 
by its sadness. He was bound for the 
season’s trapping from an island to the 
mainland, with his wife and adopted 
daughter. They landed their stores at 
the camp and were headed back to the 
island in a skiff with an outboard motor 
when a furious storm suddenly broke on 
them. The engine balked at a critical 
moment when the seas were running 
high. With great difficulty they returned 
to the shore, but found themselves many 
miles from camp. To make matters 
worse a blinding blizzard set in and a 
cutting, icy wind swept down across the 
flats from Behring Sea. Landmarks 
were soon obliterated. A collie dog and 
her pups, which they had taken with 
them to amuse the child, froze in their 
tracks. Things grew more desperate 
from moment to moment, and finally 
Nick had to leave the little suffering 
group for a few minutes to reconnoiter 
from a hill close by. When he returned 
a torn garment fluttering above the snow 
indicated the spot where he had left 
them. They were dead. There was noth- 
ing to do but to make one final dash for 
camp, and grief-stricken, numbed, with 
frost-bitten hands and feet, he floundered 
aimlessly about for nine long days before 
finding the cabin, which he happened 
upon by a mere streak of luck, though 
even then he was uncertain whether he 
could make it. At every few steps he fell 
exhausted in the snow, and at last 
plunged headlong in through the door- 
way in a delirious condition. As he told 
the story my eye caught sight of the wed- 
ding ring on his finger, and out of re- 
spect for his feelings I questioned him 
no further. 
O N May 17th we made a late start. 
Pete Larsen was up long before 
daybreak, but found the weather foggy 
and the wind in the wrong direction. 
Later, however, Nick and I started out, 
and after tramping a long distance we 
sighted a bear traveling slowly along the 
banks of a glacier stream which emptied 
into the Behring Sea. The wind changed 
frequently, making it difficult to stalk the 
animal. 
The approach was over almost level 
ground and it required good judgment to 
decide which course to take. The bear 
finally lay down on a grassy point of 
land which extended into a large field of 
snow about a mile away. We watched 
him for a while, then rushed down hill in 
plain sight, as this was the only way to 
approach our quarry. Then, stalking 
him for 400 yards, taking advantage of 
every little bunch of grass that offered 
concealment, we gradually worked up to 
300 yards. From here on we crawled on 
our bellies through slush pools and over 
wet, grassy ridges, exposing ourselves as 
little as possible and moving only at 
times when the beast lowered his head to 
rest. At last we got within 100 yards, 
and, on reaching a little knoll, dropped 
flat just as the bear reared up on his 
haunches. I pushed over the safety, took 
a nervous, hurried aim and fired. The 
•hot did not stop him, for he moved 
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