. 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. 7'r Northward over the "(jrcat Ice lik(? drowned rats. The)' luul 1)C(M1 cau^lit just as tlicy reached the moraine hy a renewed outburst
. 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. 7'r Northward over the "(jrcat Ice lik(? drowned rats. The)' luul 1)C(M1 cau^lit just as tlicy reached the moraine hy a renewed outburst of th(; storm, and, unable to hnd tin; snow ii^loo or fix up an)' kind of a slicker, had crawled into their sleep- inL(-baL;s, which soon drifted full of snow, and this melting' from tlu? warmth of th(;ir bodies, had soaked them thorouohl)'. The storm of which this was the beoiiinino- lasted continuousl)- for an entire week, when almost excry. THE LODGE NEARING COMPLETION. available m;in in the party wc;nt to the moraine camj) witli the doL;s, sleti^es, Inu'ros, and all additional ecjuipment needetl for an increased ice-cap i)arty. Three or four l^^skimos accompanied us to build a new sno'v ioloo at the moraine, to serve as a shelter durii-i- the remainder of the fall campaii^'n. The demon of the storm was, however, still on duty at the moraine, and the furious driving- drift across its top made it impossible to complete the ij^doo. The old one was unsafe, so, after makinsj;- every-. 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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