. 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. Imprisoned on the Ice-Cap ^03 a dej)th of several th'.- foot of in\- slt'cj)iiiL;-bii!:^, and tlu; lu-ad and shoukk'rs of the I )oct
. 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. Imprisoned on the Ice-Cap ^03 a dej)th of several th'.- foot of in\- slt'cj)iiiL;-bii!:^, and tlu; lu-ad and shoukk'rs of the I )octor. who was l)'inij; in tlu- opposite direction. The I )()Ctor turned out in a hurr\'. j)luL;^'e(l uj) the; hole with snow, and then rexersed the head of his ha^Lj^ so as to lie the same as Astruj) and myself. Attain I fell aslecj), only to be a^ain awaki-ned \)y the roar of the storm and the snow drixin^' in m\- face. Lookinn" oxer the foot of my hiv^, I could just see, in the faint liij^ht of day, that the cuttiuL; drift had (-aten. SUNRISE CAMP. off the an^de of the is^loo where roof and end wall met, had completely filled tliat end, and was rapidly coverini:^^ us, As I watched it. roof and wall melt(;d awav as fine sand l)efore a water iet ; and 1)\- the tiuK; I could aroust; Dr. Cook, adjust m\' hood, and tighten my ha_i;, it required a oood deal of effort to force my- self Uj) through the sui)erincumhent weight of snow. The Doctor also succeeded in liheratiuL,'" liimself, hut Astriip, who was lyin^- on the other side of the i,L,doo, could not iret free. \A J. 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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