. 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. M ⢠t â Mlli: i6o Northward over the "(ircat Ice" vulvcd a i^rcat tlt-al of chcwini^ on the part of my native seamstresses. The s
. 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. M ⢠t â Mlli: i6o Northward over the "(ircat Ice" vulvcd a i^rcat tlt-al of chcwini^ on the part of my native seamstresses. The skin is folded once with the hair and then the operator chews hack ami forth alonL,^ the edj^e until the fold is thorou_L;hl\- soft anil j)lial)le, when another fold is made and the process repeated until the whole skin has been car(;fulh' chewetl ; ' this it is scraped and worked with a blunt instrument and thiMi, if necessary, chewed ajj^ain. It took two of m\- workers about a day to chew a big RED CLIFF IN THE WINTER NIGHT. It was not eas\- at first for us to accustom ourselves to the absence of sunlight. Hy November 23d, there was really no difference indoors between day and night. Our lamps burned constanth' through the t\vent\-four hours. Some of us often thought in the first few days, "Oh, we won't do this by lamplight,. 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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