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 . CHAPTER XV. SEARCH FOR VERHOEFF, AND HOMEWARD 1 FOUND that Gibsonwas away, with of ProfessorHeilprins party, at Five-Glacier Valley, to bringVerhoeff home. Gibsonhad landed Verhoeff at thevalley a few days after
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 . CHAPTER XV. SEARCH FOR VERHOEFF, AND HOMEWARD 1 FOUND that Gibsonwas away, with of ProfessorHeilprins party, at Five-Glacier Valley, to bringVerhoeff home. Gibsonhad landed Verhoeff at thevalley a few days after heleft me at the head ofBowdoin Bay, to enablehim to make an overlandtrip to the Eskimo settle-ments in Robertson Bay, and was to go after him atthe expiration of a certain time. The next day theboat returned, but without Verhoeff. The immediateinference was that he had become bewildered andlost somewhere in the region between McCormickand Robertson Bays. The work of packing my impedimenta to send onboard the Kite was stopped immediately, and hastilyfitting the Mary Peaiy with supplies, I jumped intoher with Gibson and a crew of my best Eskimos,and, hoisting sail, sped away for the mouth of the val-ley. The Kite hoisted anchor and, with the remainingnatives whom I had sent aboard, steamed away to 411 412 Northward over the Great Ice Robertson Bay. Reaching the mouth of the valley,we had a substantial meal all ar
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