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 . cated in an Eastern university. Mr. Verhoeffcontributed generously to the expenses of the expe-dition. Matthew Henson, my body-servant, a hardy col-oured man, was a native of Virginia, twenty-three years Brooklyn to McCormick Bay 4
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 . cated in an Eastern university. Mr. Verhoeffcontributed generously to the expenses of the expe-dition. Matthew Henson, my body-servant, a hardy col-oured man, was a native of Virginia, twenty-three years Brooklyn to McCormick Bay 47 old. His intelligence and faithfulness, combined withmore than average pluck and endurance, as shownduring several years that he had been with me throughvarying experiences, part of the time in Nicaraguanjungles, led me to regard him as a valuable memberof the party, Mrs. Peary accompanied the party. Possessed ofhealth, youth, energy, and enthusiastic interest in thework, she saw no reason why she could not endureconditions and environment similar to those in whichDanish wives in Greenland pass years of their concurred in this opinion, and believed that in manyways her presence and assistance would contribute tothe valuable results of the expedition, as they wereinvaluable to me in the preparation. Events provedthe entire correctness of this Both the North Greenland and West GreenlandExpeditions were under my command until the for- 48 Northward over the Great Ice mer was landed at its winter quarters in McCormickBay. The West Greenland Expedition then beganits distinctive work under command of Prof. AngeloHeilprin, Executor Curator of the Academy of Nat-ural Sciences. Philadelphia, and a geologist of in-ternational reputation. Associated with ProfessorHeilprin, were : Prof. Benjamin Sharp, zoologist incharge ; Prof. J, F. Holt, zoologist; Dr. William , ornithologist; Mr. Levi W. Mengel, ento-mologist ; Dr. William H. Burk, botanist ; C. Ke
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