. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897 : with a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the " Saviksue" or great Cape-York meteorites. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. ii'*^ Northward over the •'Great Ice" route Ixtwccn tlu- rachc i^^loos anc I Ik' pronounced down tirade the was so fav- travt-llei morai
. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897 : with a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the " Saviksue" or great Cape-York meteorites. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. ii'*^ Northward over the •'Great Ice" route Ixtwccn tlu- rachc i^^loos anc I Ik' pronounced down tirade the was so fav- travt-llei moraine. ()ural)le that we Iiad already coNcred eiL^liteen and one-half miles, and we fastened the do^^^s and erected the tent f(jr what I intendeil, unless the weatlu r was of the ver)' worst, should he our last camp on tlu; ice- caj). The march this day with the da/- zHul;" sun tlirectly in our faces had seriously affected our eyes, and I knew that, to cover the twent)- four mih.'s be- tween our present camp and the moraint', we must he relieved from this anno\ance 1)V travellintj at ni^ht. We th( .v^,- fore remained in this camj) twenty- t h r e e hours. Then, leaviiiL!^ the three-run- ner slcdLi'e, and attaching- the twentv-five remainino- doofs (bio" Kessuh havino' died durino- the niij;ht) to the loni;- sl(;dL,n', on which was packed nothing;- but our tent, cooking;' apparatus, and sleepinLi^-i^ear, we bej^an the last stage of our Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Peary, Robert E. , 1856-1920. New York : F. A. Stokes
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