Identifier: frozenzoneitsexp00hyde (find matches)
Title: The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Hyde, Alexander, 1814-1881 Baldwin, Abraham Chittenden, 1804-1887, joint author Gage, William Leonard, 1832-1889, joint author Shields, Charles W. (Charles Woodruff), 1825-1904
Subjects: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 Polaris (Ship)
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. (etc.) Columbia book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rt shaft andtunnel. In the roof, which was arched above ground,was the only other opening—a hole for the escape ofsmoke from the fire. The dogs enjoyed the warmthof the dome, and sometimes fell through to the firebelow. When the fire was burnt out, and thesmoke-hole was covered with a skin, in order to re-tain the heat, there was no ventilation and the scentswere manifold and abominable. The party set out again on the 14th. The riverwound about so much that they crossed it severaltimes to escape long curves. Their way was greatlyobstructed by masses of ice rising in irregular heaps;but even this track was preferable to that on land,for in the forests the dogs would constantly run thesledge against stumps, and wait for the men to free it,and in descending hills the sledge would overtake thedogs, tangle their harness, and run over them. After a days journey of twenty-five miles, the trav-elers encamped in an empty Indian house. Theyarose early the next morning, and after going on some
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TRAVELS IK ALASKA. 679 seven miles, met a train of sledges witli Russians andIndians, who, turning back, went with them to JSTulato.Here their quarters were clean and comparativelycomfortable. The trading-post is on the north bankof the Yukon, on a flat stretch of land, at the mouthof a considerable tributary. There are large trees forbuilding purposes, a rich soil, and in the short summer,luxuriant grass and innumerable berries. Water isbrought on a sledge from a hole in the ice of the riv-er a quarter of a mile from the post; and by wicker-baskets let down in the water through the ice, largequantities of fish are caught. The coldest day was December 5th when thethermometer stood at 58^ below zero. Yet the mendid not feel the severity of cold, for the wind did notblow; whereas a slight wind^ when the temperaturewas only a few degrees below zero, seemed to searchout every little seam or tear in their clothing, andcause special suffering to nose, ears, and anglesgenerally. The shortest

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