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of the tundra was cut through by deep ravines, and
otherwise difficult to traverse, we took a south-westerly direction
over an undulating tundra with several small lakes and
marshes. Having reached the divide between the Arctic
Ocean and the basin of the Olenek, we suddenly came upon
a herd of reindeer, which caused us more fun than we
wished for. Scenting the herd, the dogs started after it
at tremendous speed, without paying the smallest heed to
the commands of their masters, the sledges jumping and
bounding over the ice-humps, stones, and crevasses of the
frozen soil. I had the greatest difficulty in balancing my
sledge so as not to be thrown out and left on the tundra.
Happily the dogs took their way along a valley which
narrowed into a ravine, and here they had perforce to stop.
Late in the night we arrived at Volkalak, 12 miles south
of the mouth of the Olenek, where we found three yurtas
and three families of natives.
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