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The North Pole

CHAPTER IX
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THE MOST NORTHERLY SPECIMEN EVER CAPTURED] In the Whale Sound region we sometimes obtained narwhal and deer, but there was no narwhal hunting to speak of on the upward journey this last time.

Walrus, narwhal, and seal meat are valuable food for dogs, but a white man does not usually enjoy it--unless he is nearly starved.

Many times, however, during my twenty-three years of arctic exploration, I have thanked God for even a bite of raw dog..


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