. 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. Boat \V)\acrc to the Inlands \^ 105 .lni^iis/ 13///.—At ihrcf o'clock this inorniiiL;-. wj changed watches. Hakhi\t Island now appeared very
. 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. Boat \V)\acrc to the Inlands \^ 105 .lni^iis/ 13///.—At ihrcf o'clock this inorniiiL;-. wj changed watches. Hakhi\t Island now appeared very plainly ahead of us, and ahout six inilcs distant. 1 he wind iiad increased to almost a L;ale. and there was a heavy sea runninL^-, in which the /'\u'/// behaved most admirably. Guillemots were seen lUinL;- in the direction of the island, each carryinpr somethini^ in its beak. This 1 took to be fair evidence that we would fmd their. ESKIMO IGLOO, NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND. I'roiit \'icu, r'lotu. by Dr. Conk. loomerx'. At \\\v o'clock, we reached the island and found tile waves breakini;- so hii;h on its steep and rocky shore that it was impossible to land the /-ailli with"an\-decree of safety to her. So sailin:^- around a point we canv upon some perix-ndicular clitts which in some ])laces seemed to o\ erhaUL;. I hcse clitts facc'd the west, and it was in \\v clefts here (with which th(; walls were well fui'rowed) that we tound the guillemots resting- in lar^e numbers. \\'estop|)ed here lon-^' enough to prot~ure a tew birds, but tound much diihcult\- in picking- up the birds, which would '^ I h): m. 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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