. 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. iS Northward oxer the "(ircat Ice Cajx' N'ork, I (k'sciiiiclccl and piilli-d out to the ship. w Iiich then steanurd west and iiorlh-wist
. 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. iS Northward oxer the "(ircat Ice Cajx' N'ork, I (k'sciiiiclccl and piilli-d out to the ship. w Iiich then steanurd west and iiorlh-wist aloiV' die coast. I)nrinn- Auj^aist ist and 2(1, we steamed north alon^' thi' coast, and two to live miles from it. ( )n the alter- Id )f th :1 il noon ol the second ila\'. we were a|)|)roacmnL; i>o Cape Parry, with its hristhnL;-. vertical wall lacing the W(;st and north-west, standing; L^uard at the southern entrance of Whale Sound. Some time before round- in «'• Ca I^ ;u'r\ th le observer. cominL!' norm, sees rth I lakhiyt and Xortlunnherland Islands. During the. GLACIERS OF THE CRIMSON CLIFFS. lon_n" summer days, the water about Cai)e Parry is alive with tin- whirrini;- win^s and t^leaminL;- white; breasts of countless little auks that brc;ed in that neighbourhood. KoundlnL;- Cape Parr)', the course of the Junicoii was directh' towards the opening- between Plerbert and Northumberland Islands. The; Inland Ice beyond the glaciers in Omenak or Murchison .Sound was dis- tinctly visible. P^-om Cape Parr\', in pleasant weather, the bold bluffs of the Carey Islands are visible to the west. Keepin<j^ aloni( the shore to Harden Pay, I landed at the settlement of Netiulumi and took on board two Eskimos, Kessuh and Myah, whom I found tliere, with. 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 Pear
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