. 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. 442 Northward oxer the "(ircat Ice" food, our own su|)pli(.'s for the upward journey, the cooking- and slecpinL^-L^car, and sui)pli
. 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. 442 Northward oxer the "(ircat Ice" food, our own su|)pli(.'s for the upward journey, the cooking- and slecpinL^-L^car, and sui)pli('s for the men and d()t;s of tlu; sujiportinLj party u|) and back. The Joscp/iiiii' sledi^e, wliich I shoultl driv<,' after the Eskimos left us, was drawn hy ni)' own team of ten do''S ; the otlier Eskimo sled»'-es liad nine do^rs each. Tlie steep L^ratlient of the ict; from the moraine tried the. str(MiL;th of the doL^s to the utmost, and calleil forth enert^^etic use of the whii) from their MY ESKIMO COMRADES. On the second day's march, when we arrived in the vicinity of the cache ij^loos, I made another most de- termined effort to recover the cache. Armed with saw^-knives, shovels, and light rods, the entire party scattered, quartering the surface in every direction. Every suspicious-looking sas/n/o'/ and inequality of the snow was jjrohetl, antl several pits four or five feet deep dug, but all without result, and, unwilling to waste more time on an evidently fruitless search, I gave the word to go on to Camp Etjuinoctial and search for the cache there. Thus ended the final effort to recover this valuable cache, containing fourteen cases of biscuit, three cases of milk, one hundred. 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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