the midnight sun
The probabilities were , however , that it would permit itself to be harpooned , in which case its blighting curse would fall upon Ootah , who would lose all power and strength of limb , whose body would become bent and crippled and racked with the _ kangerdlugpoq _ , and who would die slowly , inch by inch . Thus , Ootah would be helpless the rest of his days and as he died all the dreadful horrors of the curses would come upon him . Thus would Maisanguaq be revenged . As the midnight sun dipped below the horizon , the sea became more deeply golden . To the women watching along the shore , the multitude of kayaks became mere black specks . They disappeared now and then behind the crests of leaping waves , and reappearing moved with the swiftness of birds along the horizon . At the entrance of her tent Annadoah stood , one hand shading her eyes as they pierced the radiant distance .