. 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. Through the Great Night /D 4 On one side of thu stove, near tlie partition sepa- ratint^ Mrs. Peary's apartment from the main room. I stati(j
. 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. Through the Great Night /D 4 On one side of thu stove, near tlie partition sepa- ratint^ Mrs. Peary's apartment from the main room. I stati(jned myself to handle the camera. On the other side was Matt manipula^inij;- the tlash-lis^dit. I )r. Cook would pose the subject at the other end of tlu: room, and near at hand was a table at which he recorded his anthr()[)oloL(ical measurements. It was interesting^ to observe the modest)- both of the women and the men. They c(uild not understand at first why 1 desired to take their pictures in a nude condi- tion, and I am not sure that they ever ^i(ot a very clear idea of the matter. I told them that we wished to compare their bodies with those of other people in the world, and it was not lonjj^ before some of them grasped the idea so far as to decide that our work was in the interest of a perfectly laudable and proper curiosity. At first, however, some of them asked Dr. Cook if I wanted the information he obtained for the purpose of makini;' other people !! The fiash-li<rht work never failed to be a subject of lively L^ossip in the na- tive community. All the fresh arrivals were told what was before them almost before they had unhitched their doiji's, and as soon as a native was photo- graphed, he would invariably tell of the experience to an admirinjj;' group, narrating- every minute detail. When the sky was clear, we had the moon with us, the arctic niL];-ht was one of remarkable beauty. In that dry atmosphere, the moon and stars seem to shine with a deg'ree of pow
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