The Outpost of the Lost by David L. Brainard

Author:David L. Brainard
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510735224
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2018-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

December 5th.

A gale broke suddenly on us at 3 a.m. It subsided at noon and the sky cleared beautifully, but in the evening the wind rose again with greater fury and once more threatened to demolish our quarters. The door was snowed up, the vestibule blown down and the commissary storehouse damaged considerably. Just before noon we were not able to see 30 yards ahead in the blinding drift. I issued nothing today except the necessary bread.

Temperature at 1 p.m. 7°.

December 6th.

These storms have caused a disintegration of the floe even to the ice-foot in the little cove west of camp. From the hill I observed numerous pools and lanes in all directions, and dark water clouds hover over Smith Sound extending far to the northward beyond Cape Camperdown. The turbulent pack, grinding and grumbling, as if contending for supremacy of the waters, produces a mournful, rumbling sound which strikes terror to the heart of the listener.

Long was fortunate enough to shoot a three pound fox before breakfast.

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