Chapter XIX: To the Pole--Last Hundred Miles 269

OVER PLAINS OF GOLD AND SEAS OF PALPITATING COLOR THE DOG
TEAMS, WITH NOSES DOWN, TAILS ERECT, DASH SPIRITEDLY LIKE
CHARIOT HORSES--CHANTING LOVE SONGS THE ESKIMOS FOLLOW WITH
SWINGING STEP--TIRED EYES OPEN TO NEW GLORY--STEP BY STEP,
WITH THUMPING HEARTS THE EARTH'S APEX IS NEARED--AT LAST!
THE GOAL IS REACHED! THE STARS AND STRIPES ARE FLUNG TO THE
FRIGID BREEZES OF THE NORTH POLE!