. 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 Voyai^^c into Inij^lcficld (lUlf 403 fxcil<'nicnt cluriiiL;- a li\(l\-s(|iiall which caught us in a stretch of icc-frcc water and wd
. 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 Voyai^^c into Inij^lcficld (lUlf 403 fxcil<'nicnt cluriiiL;- a li\(l\-s(|iiall which caught us in a stretch of icc-frcc water and wd us thorough!)'with tlu; vicious waves, we readied and entered Acadenu' l)a\-. Scarcelv had we pulled anv distance into it. hi'- fore we encountered one of the furious summer s(iuails, so common in this region, hurtlini^' out of the l)ay with a fur\- which iletied all attemi)ts to make head- way ai^^iinst it. As. however, we had hut a short dis- tance to iio in order to effect a landinL; behind a little. ORIENT CLIFFS OF JOSEPHINE PEARY ISLAND. island, w^e succeeded, by keepinjj^ close to the shore and taking advantat^^e of the jji^usts, in reachini,^ the desired spot. Here we camped for one wild nii^ht, expect- invr every moment to have the tent torn from over our heads, althoui^h it was weiij^hted down with half a ton of rocks; with the spray which broke over a barrier of icebersj^s that had jammetl ai^ainst the island, flying over us ; and the gusts of the auoahtahsoah, as the natives call these wild storms, howliuij: down the. 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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