Near Death in the Arctic by Cecil Kuhne

Author:Cecil Kuhne [Kuhne, Cecil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-79372-0
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

* I felt convinced we could not have reached such a westerly longitude, but assumed this for the sake of certainty, as I would rather come down on the east side of Franz Josef Land than on the west side. Should we reach the latitude of Petermann’s Land or Prince Rudolf Land without seeing them, I should in the former case be certain that we had them on our west, and could then look for them in that direction, whereas, in the event of our not finding land and being uncertain whether we were too far east or too far west, we should not then know in what direction we ought to look for it.

* In point of fact, we were then about 6° farther east than we thought.

* Whereas Finn shoes are made of reindeer skin with the hair on, komager are made of under-tanned hide without hair, generally from the ox or bearded seal (Phoca barbata), with tops of reindeer skin. They are strong and water proof.

* It was undoubtedly from seals, which often utter a sound like a protracted “ho!”

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