the midnight sun
I wish to start immediately . '' `` We have enough , '' answered Chingatok , who had been sitting a silent , but deeply interested observer -- so to speak -- of the foregoing conversation . `` Tell him , then , to arrange with his party , and be prepared to set out by noon to-morrow . '' That night , by the light of the midnight sun , the Eskimos sat round their kettles of bear-chops , and went into the _ pros _ and _ cons _ of the proposed expedition . Some were enthusiastically in favour of casting in their lot with the white men , others were decidedly against it , and a few were undecided . Among the latter was Akeetolik . `` These ignorant men , '' said that bold savage , `` are foolish and useless .