. 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. Imprisoned on the Ice-Cap 205 with hack to the wind aiul sitlc a_L;ainsl the drifl, I sat out the niL;ht. 1)\' lowcrini; ni\ chin upon ni\ I
. 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. Imprisoned on the Ice-Cap 205 with hack to the wind aiul sitlc a_L;ainsl the drifl, I sat out the niL;ht. 1)\' lowcrini; ni\ chin upon ni\ I'rcast, I could keep most of the (h'ilt out of ni\' face, and \>y raisinj;- ni\- head I could feel than sec the two dark j)r()strat(' ohjccts close to me to leeward, and at intervals shout to them to in(iuire if the)- were warm enough. ()ccasionall\ 1 dozed a little, hut most of the time. ;^*. ..-*»«iil^^,^a^. ."'*'-^.,::.. Vf â¢^ â *ii 'â "M â *â¢* MOONLIGHT ON THE ICE-CAP. I was studyinjj^ how we shoiikl extricate ourse-Kcs from our predicament if the storm continued for several days. My <rrcatest source of anxiety was the fact that the suddenness with which we were comj)ell(;d to free ourselves from the drift had left our outer clothinor and foot-i^ear deep imder the drift, m)- doe- skin trousers beiuij;^ the only thinij^ that was hrouL^ht out. These, however, and the shovel, I had close to me. I knew that we were L^ood for at least tw^ent}'- four hours Ioniser in the bairs, but if the storm con- i s. 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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