260 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
journey we should be able to get anything we 
needed. With the exception of the day when we 
got to Koliuchin Island we had had fine weather 
all the way from Cape North; now it was even 
better because every day the sun was getting higher 
and its heat more perceptible. 
From Cape Serdze eastward the water is deep 
near the shore and the travelling in places along 
the sea-ice was rough, because the drift ice came 
close to shore. We had a good many steep in¬ 
clines to go down and had exciting experiences, 
especially as we went along at top speed. Cor¬ 
rigan, however, was a daring and capable dog- 
driver, and knew how to steer the sledge as well as 
a man can steer a ship. He had sixteen dogs, all 
of the very best quality, and where the going was 
good we travelled very fast. Corrigan had a 
chum who went along with us with some of Cor¬ 
rigan’s dogs and ours. Kataktovick travelled with 
this other man. 
At several points along the way we passed 
groups of arangas perched on shelves projecting 
out from the face of the cliffs, a hundred feet above 
the shore. In some cases it was hard to see how the 
natives could climb up into them; they reminded 
me of pictures I had seen of the homes of the cliff- 
dwellers. The natives live on these heights be¬ 
cause they want to be on the coast near the walrus 
