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 . MORAVIAN MISSION. at last we made the harbour of St. Johns, New-foundland. Entering the Narrows, a cry of surprise and as-. SOMERSAULT IN KAYAK. tonishment burst from the members of the ships town which we had left a littl
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 . MORAVIAN MISSION. at last we made the harbour of St. Johns, New-foundland. Entering the Narrows, a cry of surprise and as-. SOMERSAULT IN KAYAK. tonishment burst from the members of the ships town which we had left a little more than a year 422 Northward over the Great Ice ago existed no longer,—only a stretch of gaunt, blackruins. A few weeks after the Kite had left it on herupward voyage, fire had swept the place it had not touched the residence of thegenial and hospitable owner of the Kite, Edgar Bowr-ing, and with him and his charming wife Mrs. Pearyand myself were domiciled during our short stay inSt. Johns, while the Kite took on more coal for hervoyage to Philadelphia. From St. Johns to Philadelphia the voyage was un-
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