. 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. On the " (jfcat Ice 99 On Thursday afternoon, the drift forced an entrance into the silk tent, and in order to escai)e beinij^ smf)th- e
. 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. On the " (jfcat Ice 99 On Thursday afternoon, the drift forced an entrance into the silk tent, and in order to escai)e beinij^ smf)th- ered, its occupants were oblii^ed to j^et out as best they could and retreat to the lari^rcr tent. In doinLj;^ this, Davidson had his heel, antl Clark a toe, two fin- irers, and a thumb, frost-bitte-n. As soon as thev were safely in our tent Kntrikin turned out of his ba*/ and t^ave his place to Clark. I turned my deerskin sleep- \n^ trousers over to Davidson, and the Doctor curled. "THEIR FUR A MASS OF ICE AND SNOW. " himself up on the foot of the bio^ bai;. This left a small space between the j)ole and the tent opening", in which Entrikin and I could stand. This space was constantly decreasin*^ in size; from the drift, wMch, in spite of our best efforts, continutxl to force itself throuL^h the fly, after the entrance of the boys. After a time, there was room for only one of us, and v/e al- ternated in standiuL^ up, steadyinij- ourselves by the pole, now and then curliuij;- up on the snow-drift for a few winks of sleep, and makinjr tea several times dur- i '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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