. 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. 1 li' •',;! 1 /! I? 1 •I t i ?i r . i f ' I I* I 12 Northward Over the "(ireat Ice" started a^ain. W'r soon reached a Ioiil;-, narr
. 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. 1 li' •',;! 1 /! I? 1 •I t i ?i r . i f ' I I* I 12 Northward Over the "(ireat Ice" started a^ain. W'r soon reached a Ioiil;-, narrow lake, str(.'tcldn_L;- across our patli to the left, and not yet frozen hard enfui^li to suppoit us. To tlank this lake cost us a detour of two miles, and even then we were compelled to wade through the morass of saturated snow which surroundetl it and extended far on either sid(,'.. SOUTH COAST OF DISCO ISLAND, EAST OF GODHAVN. I'alHilar l!i*r<; in l''nrey;r()uiul. Soon after midnight th(' snow surface became firm and coarsely L^ranular with (occasional small patches of snow ot marhledike fmeness and whiteness, sou- \enirs of the last storm. Later we encountered areas of oiazed snow, of such hardness that excn the hrads in our sandals and the steel shoes of th( sledges scarcely le'ft a trace. 'Idle fierce morniuL;' .^ale brought us to a standstill 4100 teet above the sea. the entire surface of the " ice- blink," as far as we could see, okized and shining-. 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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