. 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. I n-ac111 Ho- llow iiiL;" 522 Northward over the "Great Ice" my hliirrcd cncs as I roiiiidcd the last an^lc of tlie rocks and
. 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. I n-ac111 Ho- llow iiiL;" 522 Northward over the "Great Ice" my hliirrcd cncs as I roiiiidcd the last an^lc of tlie rocks and saw before nie, bathed in the mellow June sunlii^ht, the placid pool of l^al)\' Lake, walled by the warm. ll()\ver-si)rinkled i-ocks, and beyond, framed be- twcLMi Lookout Rock and the cliff of Ml. , the soft mottled sur- face of the bay. to the brown c 1 i 1 f s about (inome (ilacier. I'' o 0 d. Re s t. \ leaven. The r o u l;' h road down over the rocks was too much for my l^oor do^. who oave out aiul lay down some dis- tance from the lod_n'e. where I left him, know- ini( that after a rest he would struj^i^le on after us. When he did come in, I fed him with my own hands, and be- fore I had eaten anythinor myself, with tender, unfrozen deer meat, till he was absolutely satisfied and could eat no more. Poor brute ! The memory of tliose famine da\s upon the "Great Ice" remained so vividly with him, that for weeks after our. THE SOLE 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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