. 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. ' 1 I ( It' 288 Northward over the "(ircat Ice" Ciichc Camp up llic lower sloptis of tlu; ice, l)iit a stron<r wind blowing down
. 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. ' 1 I ( It' 288 Northward over the "(ircat Ice" Ciichc Camp up llic lower sloptis of tlu; ice, l)iit a stron<r wind blowing down from tlu; interior and driving; the loose snow in the face of my doi^^s, dis- couraj^ed them so completely that we could do nothin^^ with them, and were ohlijL^cd to await the pleasure of the weather. I'inalU' we «mt under way and succeeded in advancinp- a short sta^e round th(^ north side of the first \)'Ujjr hummock. Here a sc;cond i^loo was built, but the snow beinj^ unsatisfactory for house. SUPPER IN CAMP. construction, only a small one was practicable, and, leaving Astriip and the Doctor to occupy this, Gibson and I went back down to the iij;-loo at Cache Camp to sleep. Tired in every muscle and with no sleep for sixty-four hours, I think I must have fallen asleep the moment I tumbled into the itrloo. Twelve hours later I awoke to hear the rush of the wind over our shelter, and the hiss of the drifting snow against its side. This continued for twenty-four hours, when I. 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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