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 . THE FAITH. CHAPTER III. BOAT VOYAGE TO THE o N the afternoon ofAugust 12th, Gib-son, Dr. Cook,Verhoeff,and Astriip, Gib-son in command and second, left in thewhale-boat Faith, provi-^x sioned for fourteen days,for
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 . THE FAITH. CHAPTER III. BOAT VOYAGE TO THE o N the afternoon ofAugust 12th, Gib-son, Dr. Cook,Verhoeff,and Astriip, Gib-son in command and second, left in thewhale-boat Faith, provi-^x sioned for fourteen days,for Herbert, Northumber-^ r land, and Hakluyt Islands, -^^ .^-^ to obtain birds from some of the loomeries, to makeplans of Eskimo houses and villages, to communicatewith the natives, obtain from them furs and clothing,inform them of the location of our house, and, if pos-sible, induce a family to come and settle near us. TheFaith was thoroughly equipped with oars, sails, anchor,and so on, and the boys were supplied with compass,chart, oil-stove, rifles, shot-gun, and some five hundredrounds of ammunition. All the forenoon was occupiedin packing tea, coffee, sugar, and other articles, andpersonal outfits for the journey, and the start wasmade with a light favouring breeze and with the cliffsof Northumberland Island showing clearly. The following instructions to Gibson, the com- 97 98 Northward over the Great Ice
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