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Eskimos must exist on the far side of the opening as well, along the
inner rim.
Gardner's book:
A JOURNEY TO THE EARTH'S INTERIOR
ESKIMO SAYS THERE ARE TRIBESMEN IN FAR NORTH
"The simple discovery of traces of Eskimos on the coast of Grinnell
Land was not altogether satisfactory to halutunah, for he had
confidently expected that I would find and bring back with me some
living specimens of them ; but he was still gratified to have his
traditions confirmed, and he declared that I did not go far enough or
I should have found plenty of natives; for, he said, in effect,
`There are good hunting grounds at the north, plenty of musk-ox
(oomemak), and wherever there are good hunting grounds, there the
Eskimo will be found.
ANIMAL LIFE AROUND THE POLE
The importance of that point will readily be seen. Good hunting
grounds means vast tracts of land that will support the animals, in
which they can not only find food but opportunity for breeding. It
means, in short, a salubrious climate. But to that point we shall
return later, fortified with a vast mass of positive evidence.
That musk-ox is not the onlv animal toy be found where we should
hardly expect it is evident from another entry in Haves' diary. 'When
he was in latitude 78 degrees, 17 minutes, early in July, he says "I
secured a yellow-winged butterfly, and-who would believe it-a
mosquito. And these I add to an enthomological collection which
already numbers
A JOURNEY TO THE EARTH'S INTERIOR
ten moths, three spiders, two bumble-bees, and two flies". One
wonders where they all came from, especially the butterfly and the
mosquito which have been known to find even the American climate too
cold for them. But here again we shall not press the subject until we
come to treat it in greater detail, for we have other explorers to
follow and other evidences to record drawn from their experiences in
looking for that pole which does not exist.