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 . 1881, to Lady Franklin that occasion. Captain Pike made a phenomenallyrapid run up Smith Sound to the site of LieutenantGreelys camp. Two years later, Captain Pike was incommand of the Proteus when Lieutenant Garlingtonattem
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 . 1881, to Lady Franklin that occasion. Captain Pike made a phenomenallyrapid run up Smith Sound to the site of LieutenantGreelys camp. Two years later, Captain Pike was incommand of the Proteus when Lieutenant Garlingtonattempted to relieve Greely ; and after the vessel wascrushed in the ice near Cape Sabine, he retreated withhis crew in open whale-boats across Melville Bay toUpernavik. Captain Pike and his crew numbered fifteen per-sons, making a total of thirty-one souls who had tobe packed away in the very snuggest of quarters inthe cabin berths, deck-house, and forecastle. TheKite was a staunch, strong vessel well adapted forthe voyage, with a steaming power of seven had been thoroughly overhauled and additionalcabin accommodations put into her for my party. The question of my food supplies, clothing, and Brooklyn to McCormick Bay 49 other equipment, and scientific outfit, had been thesubject of long study and careful digestion of theexperience of my COD-FISHING IN STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE. My equipment was one of the most modest and in-expensive ever taken to the White North. Yetnothing was omitted that was essential to our comfortor success. The food supply differed little from that of the laterarctic expeditions. I had a year and a halfs sup-plies ; with tea, coffee, sugar, and milk in sufificientquantity to last two and a half years. I took littlemeat except pemmican for the ice-cap journey, as Iexpected to secure an abundance of reindeer and 50 Northward over the Great Ice other fresh meat at my winter camp. Evaporatedvegetables in large variety, and beef-meal, pemmica
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