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 . had a two months rest, had seen that thetime and the occasion were ripe for another blow at the \\hite North, had,through the influence of Gen. Wistar and powerful friends, obtained the neces-sary leave, and was already busy with p
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 . had a two months rest, had seen that thetime and the occasion were ripe for another blow at the \\hite North, had,through the influence of Gen. Wistar and powerful friends, obtained the neces-sary leave, and was already busy with preparations for the next trip. Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 243 Easter Sunday, April 17th, was an exquisite day,but a busy one, for we had many preparations tomake for our start next morning on the sledge jour-ney around Inglefield Gulf, which Mrs. Peary and Iwere going to make. I gave Kyo a gun and sent him out after seal, andhe soon returned, having shot the first seal of theseason. I now had fourteen serviceable dogs, not count-ing old Frank, and this meant much for the Inland-Ice trip. Everything looked bright for the longjourney into the unknown, towards which all thesemonths of work and waiting had constantly tended ;and I was happy in the thought that at last we wereon the very threshold of the undertaking that hadbrought us to the White ^^^.A;Y^^-*-^ CHAPTER IX. AROUND INGLEFIELD GULF BY SLEDGE. The Start—Open Water—A Snow Village—Old Friends and New—A Rich Harvest of Seal—Sleepless Night in a Native Igloo—Merk-TOSHAR, the One-Eyed Bear-Hunter of Netiulume—Purchases ofDogs and Furs—Ittibloo and its Glacier—My Wolf Team—Inaccu-racy OF the Charts—Remarkable Panorama of Mountain and Glacierat the Head of the Gulf—An Involuntary Bath—Home again.
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