A WALRUS HUNT The walrus are among the most picturesque and powerful fauna of the far North.

More than that, their pursuit and capture, a process by no means devoid of peril, is an important part of every serious arctic expedition, for on every expedition of mine these huge creatures, weighing as they do all the way from 1,200 to 3,000 pounds, are hunted for the purpose of obtaining the maximum of meat for dog food in a minimum of time.
Wolstenholm and Whale Sounds, which are passed before reaching Etah, are favorite haunts of the walrus.

The hunting of these monsters is the most exciting and dangerous sport in the arctic regions.

The polar bear has been called the tiger of the North; but a contest between one or two, or even three, of these animals and a man armed with a Winchester repeating rifle is an entirely one-sided affair.

On the contrary, a contest with a herd of walrus,--the lions of the North,--in a small whale-boat, will give more thrills to the minute than anything else I know of within the Arctic Circle.
On the last expedition I did not go after walrus myself, leaving that exhilarating labor to the younger men.