. 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. CIlAl'lllR 11. I'RI i'.\i;i\(; oiK \(ikiii-(;kKr.\i,A\i> M N' struL^Lilc with the 'llc-I'.ay ic-c hail hccii more sc- \(:rc t
. 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. CIlAl'lllR 11. I'RI i'.\i;i\(; oiK \(ikiii-(;kKr.\i,A\i> M N' struL^Lilc with the 'llc-I'.ay ic-c hail hccii more sc- \(:rc than that of most of my predecessors in North (in-enhiiid e.\|)loration. (hie |)artl\- to th*- com- parativel)- small size of m\' shij). partK to the earl)' date at wliirh 1 at- tacked it. The three \vet;ks' lont;- conllict with the lloe ice had cost me just that amount of time which 1 had hojxxl to cU;vote to the larL;(; amount of work preliminary to carrNinsj' out the main j)ur|)oses of m\- ( xpedition. Ahout three months, howtjver, \-et remained to us for outdoor work, before settlini;" down to th(! comparatixe in- activity of the lonij' winter niL^ht. 'Vhv. first thin^" to do. of course, was to select a suitable site for our camp, put up tlu; buildini;', and settle my arctic househokl to riL^hts as soon as pos- sible. TIkmi, unless li^skimos cduw. to my head- ([uarters. it was essential to communicate with them. I had reason to believe that one or more of their hunters would be of ijreat advanlaL''*' to us. More- -/ .( 'if i- I 'r' 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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