igloe-lamps

Updated: June 1, 2025

Chingatok gave the signal to advance, and, a few minutes later, those warriors of the north those fierce savages who, probably for centuries, had been sworn hereditary foes were seated round the igloe-lamps, amicably smearing their fingers and faces with fat, as they feasted together on chops of the walrus and cutlets of the polar bear.

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole