Chapter II: Appendix: VI

Notes on the Physical Condition of the Eskimos 343

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page.
The Chief of the Aivillingmiut _Frontispiece_
A Davis Strait Iceberg 1
_Neptune_ and _Era_, Fullerton harbour 4
Crew of the _Neptune_ in winter costume 6
Head of Nachvak bay, Labrador 8
Port Burwell at eastern entrance to Hudson strait 10
Blacklead island, Cumberland gulf 12
Kekerten harbour, Cumberland gulf 14
Walrus in Smith Sound 16
Fullerton harbour 18
Wreck camp, Chesterfield inlet 22
_Neptune_ in winter quarters 24
Southampton island 25
Snowhouses on ice near _Neptune_ 28
Hauling the winter water supply 30
Mr. Caldwell starting North 32
American Whaleboats in Roes Welcome 34
A Greenland Iceberg 35
Midnight in Smith sound 36
Ice off Cape Wolstenholme 40
Parker Snow bay, North Greenland 42
A Glacier of Bylot island 44
Cape Herschel, Ellesmere island 46
Franklin Monument at Beechey island 52
Provisions left for the _Gjoa_ at Port Leopold 54
Cliffs of Bylot island 58
Eskimo Encampment at Ponds inlet 60
Women’s Boat at Wakeham bay 64
South coast of North Devon island 71
At Beechey island 96
Frenchman Cove, Cyrus Field bay 112
Head of Cyrus Field bay, Baffin island 120
Shore of Cumberland gulf from Blacklead island 122
Kenipitu from Chesterfield inlet 130
Lower Encampment, Chesterfield inlet 131
Eskimos at Blacklead, Cumberland gulf 136
Aivillik Women at Fullerton 140
Snowhouses at Fullerton 142
Interior of Snowhouse at Fullerton 144
Loaded Sleds from Chesterfield inlet 146
A Small Team and a Heavy Load 148
Interior of Snowhouse at Fullerton 150
Eskimo kyak off Cape Haven 154
Summer Tents at Wakeham bay 158
At Ponds inlet 162
Aivillik Woman in gala dress 168
Nechillik Woman 170
Kenipitu Belles at Fullerton 176
Kenipitu Woman in winter dress 178
Upper Encampment, Chesterfield inlet 183
Contorted Gneiss and Granite at Fullerton 196
Cape Haven harbour 202
Scottish Whalers in Ponds inlet 210
Limestone Cliffs of North Devon island 220
Scottish Whaler _Eclipse_ 248
Crew of the American Whaler _Era_ 250
Bundles of whalebone on the _Era_ 260
Preparing for Spring Whaling 264
Whaleboats on the ice, in Roes Welcome 268
Scottish whaling station at Blacklead island 270
The Launch 283
Rafted Ice in Roes Welcome, June, 1904 290
Ice in Cumberland gulf, September, 1904 292

SHIP’S COMPANY.

SCIENTIFIC STAFF.

A. P. Low, Commander and Geologist.
L. E. Borden, M.D., Surgeon and Botanist.
G. B. Faribault, M.D., Assistant-Surgeon.
A. Halkett, Naturalist.
C. F. King, Topographer and Meteorologist.
G. F. Caldwell, Photographer.

OFFICERS AND CREW.

S. W. Bartlett, Master. W. Babstock, Seaman. J. Hearn, First Mate. F. Kearny, ” M. Bartlett, Second Mate. W. Crossman, First Engineer. L. Guay, Third Mate. J. Crossman, Second Engineer. W. Aldred, Cook. S. Bruchett, Third Engineer. J. Harding, Second Cook. J. Killey, Fireman. H. Borgle, Steward. A. Romaine, ” D. Tierney, Second Steward. M. Baldwin, ” M. Ross, Purser. F. Froude, ” M. Ryan, Carpenter. G. Willis, ” C. King, Boatswain. J. Rousseau, Boy. J. Clark, Seaman. L. Deschesneau, ” J. Murphy, ” E. Bourque, ” C. Pomeroy, ” J. Gouin, ” F. Wells, ” F. O’Connell, ”

NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE.

Major J. D. Moodie, Acting Commissioner.
Staff Sergeant Dee.
Constable Tremaine.
” Jarvis.
” Connelly.
” Donaldson.

H. Ford, who had served as Eskimo interpreter on the _Diana_ in 1896, was again engaged in that capacity, at Port Burwell, on the way north.

GEOLOGICAL MAP of the NORTHEASTERN PART of the DOMINION OF CANADA

To illustrate the Report on the Cruise of the D.G.S. Neptune ——to—— HUDSON BAY and the ARCTIC ISLANDS ——by—— A.P. LOW B.Sc. Officer in Command.

1905.

Scale: 50 statute miles to 1 inch = 1/3.168.000

10 5 0 10 50 100 150 200

_Projected on Oblique Secant Cylinder_

_Mean length of 1 degree of latitude = 69.337 stat.m._

C.-O. Senécal, B.A.Sc., _Geographer & Chief Draughtsman_