Note 70 — Chapter X · LONG SLEDGE JOURNEY ALONG THE COAST NORTHWARDS—DISCOVERY OF KING WILLIAM’S ISLAND—MARCH 8TH TO APRIL 27TH, 1870.[64]
Lewis Page Mercier translation
In the interior they cannot exist, as the icing of the straits, and the consequent departure of their only means of support, the walrus and the seal, compels them to live on the coast.