Northward over the great ice : 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 . LOOKING OUT OF ACADEMY BAY. the Karnah shore, we felt safe. Again we landedat Karnah, intending to spend the night there, butafter a generous repast and plenty of hot tea, wefelt so much refreshed that it was the opinion ofeveryone
Northward over the great ice : 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 . LOOKING OUT OF ACADEMY BAY. the Karnah shore, we felt safe. Again we landedat Karnah, intending to spend the night there, butafter a generous repast and plenty of hot tea, wefelt so much refreshed that it was the opinion ofeveryone we should push on to Red Cliff withoutdelay. As long as my crew felt this way, I was onlytoo glad, and hastily stowing our things in the MaryPeary again, we pulled off from the beach and headedwestward for Cape Cleveland. Boat Voyage into Inglefield Gulf 407 When about half-way on our journey, a favouringwind sprang up, to which the Ma7y Pemys foresailwas spread and she dashed on bravely before it, thewind increasing in intensity until, as we reached CapeCleveland, it was blowing half a gale, and required agood deal of skill on Matts part to steer the Ma^yPeary clear of the numerous lumps of ice which layin our way, as she swept, literally, almost like anarrow, through the white-capped waves. Rounding. THE ICEBERG BREAKWATER. the point of Cape Cleveland with a rush, we ran intoa dead calm, but had scarcely got the sail rolled upand the mast unstepped in readiness for rowing, whenI saw a squall coming down McCormick Bay to meetus just as it had come down Academy Bay. Bring-ing the boat close into the shore, we met the squallas best we could, yet, with the utmost efforts on ourpart, it was several hours before we succeeded inreaching the shelter of the little point, less than two 4o8 Northward over the Great Ice miles from the cape, and there beached the boat andlanded. Walking up the shore to Red Cliff House, we sawthe Kite still at anchor off the beach. Sending wordout to Prof
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