The land was white and silent. and white out life.This was the Arctic.But there was life on the land.A group of dogs pulled a sled. and on the sled was a long narrow box.In front of the dogs .a man walked behied the sled.
A third man was in the box.Dead.He was a young English Lord and they were taking him across for his funeral.
The thin light of the day was going fast when they hrard the first soft.far-away cry. Then came a second cry.and a third