. 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. Reconnaissance of 1886 23 my pilots in tlic kayaks sccmccl to know i)\- instinct where there was a j)assa_i;e, and on tlie second day we reac
. 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. Reconnaissance of 1886 23 my pilots in tlic kayaks sccmccl to know i)\- instinct where there was a j)assa_i;e, and on tlie second day we reached tlie heatl of the fjord without misliap. I'his voyas^e up the lont^, narrow outlet of such an enormous and active j^lacier as Tossukatek. was ont- of inex- pressible grandeur. 'I lu,' air was continuousK' tilled with a succession of shar|) reports. var\inL,^ in loudness from that of a percussion-caj) to heav)' artilU.'ry, while every few monients there would come a reverheratiui^ peal as of rollin;^ thunder, and i\\v. swells from ilis- ruptinir iceber<^s kept the whole mighty tletjt sur^ino' and swayinj^-, and broke with intermittent roar against the rocks of the ESKIMO KAYAKERS TRAVELLING OVERLAND. My first view of the glacier showed it stretching across the head of the fjord, a giant rose-coloured dam, the majestic " ice-blink " rising blue above; it. Late in the evening of August 3d, as the sun was dropping behind the northern mountains, I started ' • li I. 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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