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 . New York State, a graduate of theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, and of the Uni-versity of the City of New York He had beenpractising his profession in New York City for sev-eral years. He was twenty-six years old. Langdon Gibs
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 . New York State, a graduate of theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, and of the Uni-versity of the City of New York He had beenpractising his profession in New York City for sev-eral years. He was twenty-six years old. Langdon Gibson, of Flushing, L. I., my ornitho-logist and chief hunter, a stalwart young hunter of ^ Schwatkas great sledge journey was made with four white men and anEskimo. Captain Holms party to East Greenland numbered four. Payer, inFranz Josef Land, started with seven, but, finding this number cumbrous, heleft four and pushed ahead with two. The explorations of the Greely Expe-dition were made by parties of three men. Halls earlier explorations andGraahs journey along the east coast of Greenland are striking examples of thesuccess that may attend the efforts of one resolute man in arctic exploration. 4^ Northward over the Great Ice twenty-six, a member of the American OrnithologistsUnion. He was one of the Brown-Stanton party inthe Colorado Canon survey of CHIEF ENGINEER JARDINE, 2d ENGINEER McKINLEY, ANDBOSUN DUNPHY. Eivind Astrup of Christiania, Norway, twenty yearsold, was a stalwart young fellow who had but recentlycome to the United States. The son of the Com-mander of the Royal Civil Guard of Christiania, hewas a first-class graduate of the Christiania Commer-cial College, and a winner of numerous prizes in ath-letic sports, especially ski-running. John M, Verhoeff, of Louisville, Ky., my mineral-ogist and meteorologist, was twenty-five years old, andeducated in an Eastern university. Mr. Verhoeffcontributed generously to the expenses of the expe-dition. Matthew Henson
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