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 . SOUTHWARD WITH BELLYING SAILS. presence at all times and her valuable assistance andsuggestions, especially in regard to our clothing out-fit, the expedition owes much. The experience of the expedition proved conclu-sively to me th
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 . SOUTHWARD WITH BELLYING SAILS. presence at all times and her valuable assistance andsuggestions, especially in regard to our clothing out-fit, the expedition owes much. The experience of the expedition proved conclu-sively to me the correctness of my theory as to thequality of the personnel of an Arctic expedition, 426 Northward over the Great Ice namely, that it should be composed entirely of menof youth, perfect health, and educated intelligence. Such men, imbued with an interest in their workand the success of the expedition, able to lift them-selves beyond the gloom and inactivity of the present,. OUR FFIENDS COMING TO MEET US. with plans for the work of the future, and possessingresources within themselves, are able to resist in amaximum degree the depressing and demoralisingeffect of the long winter night, and in the field theirardour and elan more than balance their inexperienceor lack of toughened endurance. CHAPTER XVI. METEOROLOGICAL NOTES FROM AUGUST, 189I, TO MARCH, 1892, INCLUSIVE. BY John M. Verhoeff.
Size: 2181px × 1145px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecteskimos, bookyear1898
