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 . W^ALRUS. On September 22d, I sent Astriip and Gibson tothe head of the bay again, to attain the Inland Ice, andstudy the condition of travel as far north-east as possi-ble. After dragging their sledges for five days andattaining an
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 . W^ALRUS. On September 22d, I sent Astriip and Gibson tothe head of the bay again, to attain the Inland Ice, andstudy the condition of travel as far north-east as possi-ble. After dragging their sledges for five days andattaining an altitude of about 4600 feet, they decidedto return, owing to snow-squalls, high winds, and hardhauling. The thermometer was broken on the thirdday out, and the lowest temperature recorded up to I40 Northward over the Great Ice that time was 2° F. Astrup estimated they had madeabout thirty miles inland. They turned back the dayafter they lost sight of land. They were warm enoughwhen walking, and Astrup believed the lowest tem-perature was not more than — 10° F., and it was higherin their snow WALRUS HEAD. As a result of this futile attempt upon the InlandIce, my sledge party the following spring travelled tothe north-east coast of Greenland and back, over 1200miles, entirely without depots, and carrying theirentire supplies, except the musk-ox meat obtained onthe shores of the Arctic Ocean. While the sledge party was away on its second 1 Boat and Sledge Trips 141 journey, Mrs. Peary, Dr. Cook, Matt, Ikwa, andmyself started in the Mary Peary on September 23d,for Inglefield Gulf, provisioned for a week, to learnthe prospects for game in that direction, and intro-duce ourselves, if possible, to more of the Cape Cleveland, the north shore of Murchi-son Sound stretched away before us, a broad trap-dyke running up the slope, and a long, steep bank ofdetritus forming the shore. A few eiders were flyingabout, and new ice was forming in the Sound. Wepushed on
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