. 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. CHAPTER VII. r f fly. IMPRISOXKI) OX Tlil-; K'E-CAP. T} 1 li ice-cap IdcnoiuI I'Our-Milc X'allcy l)cins^ too far away for my contemplated out
. 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. CHAPTER VII. r f fly. IMPRISOXKI) OX Tlil-; K'E-CAP. T} 1 li ice-cap IdcnoiuI I'Our-Milc X'allcy l)cins^ too far away for my contemplated out- ing to see the; sun's return, I sent Gibson and \ er- hoeff, on Saturday, I'"eb- ruary 13th, as I have already mentioned, u[) to the ice-cap this side of the valley, to build a snow igloo, for the sunrise party. They returned at night, reporting the walls of the igloo finished, but they were unable, after repeated attempts, to construct the roof. Gibson reported seeing sunlight, to the west, on the highest peak of Northumberland Island. The l)arometrical d(,'ter- minatlon of the height of the igloo above sea-level was 2050 feet. At 9:20, the next morning, Dr. Cook, Astrup, and I started, dressed in our furs, the Doctor and Astrup with deerskin kooletahs and trousers, and I with deerskin kooletah and dogskin trousers. We all wore kamiksand woollen socks. The Doctor and I took snow-shoes, and Astrup his ski. Our impedi- f. 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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