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CHAPTER XVIII.
FROM THE ANABAR TO THE KATANGA.
Day and Night behind Reindeer—Glories of the Aurora—Summer
Wanderings of the Dolgans—The Wild Reindeer—Subjects of the “Great
White Sun”—A Wandering Polish Noble—The most Northern Forest
in the World—Arrival at Katangskoie.
The following morning we parted with the chief Androssoff,
and started with eight sledges and eighteen reindeer in a
northwesterly direction over an undulating tundra intersected
with numerous ravines. Having travelled about 44 miles,
we crossed the river Saloma, after which the tundras become
more level. In two places we passed a zimovie or
winter hut, erected of driftwood brought from the sea,
and serving as shelter for the natives travelling over the
tundra in winter-time. Thus we continued from camp to
camp, night and day, getting fresh reindeer at every camp
and thus keeping up a high average speed. Near Balskoie
Osero—“the great lake”—not very far from the mouth
of Katanga Bay, we came to a populous camp composed
of several families, mostly Dolgans—a mixed race between
Yakuts and Tunguses. Being extremely fatigued from the
journeying night and day, which exerts a constant strain
on eyes, nerves, and muscles to balance the sledge and
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