. 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. IIoiiSL'-Hiiilcliiii; aiul Muiitini r 39 ve of lod. nd jnd lis- Icr, Ihc at Ivo 1th thrir families and all llu-ir iji'^s. At cii^h
. 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. IIoiiSL'-Hiiilcliiii; aiul Muiitini r 39 ve of lod. nd jnd lis- Icr, Ihc at Ivo 1th thrir families and all llu-ir iji'^s. At cii^ht on AiiL^^ust ;,d, we cntrrcil tlu- inoulh of howdoiii Hay ill lnL;K'tu'ld (iiilf. Tlu; hay was clotted with :c-( Ixtl^s, just as it was on August 4th last, when Astriij) and 1 looked down into it from tbi; Inland Ice. W'e found a fresh breeze hlowini;- out of the bay ai^ainst us, but as there was no pan ice, and the iceberj^s wert; scat. CAPE POWLETT. tered, we were abk; easily to axoid them and keep on to Anniversar\' Camp, in the eastern an^le of the; bay head. W'e reached the little rock-walled harbour at 9:30 , anil at ten o'clock the I'\xlco)i was safely moored within a stone's throw ot the rocks, aft and on either beam, and with her head pointing-straight down the bay. The harbour is a perfect one. The anchor ahead was down in fifteen fathoms, and then; w(^re eii^ht fathoms undcT the ship's stern. As soon as the anchor went ovc;r I went ashvore to decide upon the precise site of the house, so that the stores mii^ht be landed directly in front of it. I found the rinj^ of stones, which had been used to hold our. 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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