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 . dogs, and rations for twelve days ; thenI gave Gibson an extra compass, one of my chrono-meters, a chart, and careful instructions as to makingthe land at McCormick Bay, and we were ready toseparate. Little was said, but I think we
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 . dogs, and rations for twelve days ; thenI gave Gibson an extra compass, one of my chrono-meters, a chart, and careful instructions as to makingthe land at McCormick Bay, and we were ready toseparate. Little was said, but I think we all feltmuch as we quietly shook hands, and then Astriipand myself started out, leaving the Doctor and Gibsonlooking after us. In a little while we saw them underway, and in a few minutes more the inequalities ofthe Great Ice hid them from view. CHAPTER XI. OVER THE great ICE TO THE NORTHERN END OF GREENLAND. A Wrecked Sledge—Out of Humboldt Basin—On the Ice-Bluffs Over-looking Petermann Fjord—Deep Snow—My Dogs—Giant Crevasses —Over the Divide into Sherard-Osborne Basin—Climbing out of aTrap—Loss of Nalegaksoah—Heavy Going—The Evil Eye—Over theContinental Divide—Land—Northern Edge ofthe Great Ice—TheFjord Barrier—South-East—Down to the Red-Brown Summits—Re-connaissance of the Land—Birds, Flowers, and Traces of CHAPTER XL OVER THE GREAT ICE TO THE NORTHERN END OFGREENLAND.
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