. 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. Y'^ I i »1 >i\i >4iS 218 Northward over the "Great Ice" aslcH'p lyintj;' about th(; fire, whiK- I went with Xook- tah westwar
. 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. Y'^ I i »1 >i\i >4iS 218 Northward over the "Great Ice" aslcH'p lyintj;' about th(; fire, whiK- I went with Xook- tah westward across the low kind to th(; seaward side, and (,'xamiiied the remains of tlie hut built by the boat party from the A(h'aucr in Septemb(;r, 1S54. It was the tirst time a white man had looked upon the j)lace since that party left it in December of the same year. The inclosure between the low^ stone walls was about. RUINS OF BOAT-PARTY HUT. Hayes, 1S54. 9x15 fec't, and tht; appearance of th(; walls, and the pieces ol wood, iron, cloth, crocker)-, etc., in and about them, hardly looked as if the)' hatl been there forty years. The hut is not over a mile above the entrance to the inlet, and is but a short distance from hi^h-water level. 'idle spra\' from heavy seas reaches it. Poppies and pur})le tlowers were blooming- near. ,iM 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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