CHAPTER XVIII

A Thrilling Discovery On the third day, when their last morsel of food had been consumed, Don was nearing a hummock, when he heard a sound between a grunt and a bellow, followed by the slap of a heavy body on the ice. His heart leaped into his throat, as he silently made his way up the hummock and peered over on the other side. There, by the side of a great hole from which it had evidently just emerged, lay a huge walrus, its dripping body and ivory tusks gleaming in the sun! The head of the walrus was turned away …