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 . HENSON W^ITH RAVEN AND BLUE FOX. Preparing Our North-Greenland Home 8i crew was busy bringing off my stores and coal. This-task filled four days with hard work. The driftingfloes made it impossible for the Kite to anchor, andshe st
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 . HENSON W^ITH RAVEN AND BLUE FOX. Preparing Our North-Greenland Home 8i crew was busy bringing off my stores and coal. This-task filled four days with hard work. The driftingfloes made it impossible for the Kite to anchor, andshe steamed slowly up and down the shore, while thestores and materials were landed in my VICTIM AND VICTORS. On Monday afternoon, July 27th, I was takenashore, strapped to a plank, and stowed in my littletent, which had been put up just back of the house,where I could supervise the work. My men kept attheir task, in which they were kindly assisted by of Professor Heilprins party, till nearly mid- 82 Northward over the Great Ice night, when the frames were all up. Then they wentback to the Kite, leaving Mrs. Peary and myself in thetent. A school of white whales came pufhng andgrunting close to the beach in front of the tent, butthey and snow-buntings were our only visitors. Our camp was two and one third miles a littlenorth of east along the beach from Cape Cleveland,the seaward terminus of the southern shore of thebay. Our position was ^]° 40 N. Lat. and 70°40 W. Long. We were over thirty miles north ofthe latitude in which the unfortunate Jeannette found-ered. Within a degree of latitude north of us hadbeen enacted much of the history of the Smith Soundexpe
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