. 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. I 86 Northward over the "Great lee . i\ â ft 'I J My boilinL;-lK)t tea in canteens, and a hii; tin chart case, all closely wrapped in t
. 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. I 86 Northward over the "Great lee . i\ â ft 'I J My boilinL;-lK)t tea in canteens, and a hii; tin chart case, all closely wrapped in the winter coat of the reindeer, to keep the tea from freezini; in transit. I was encourai^ecl on reachin^^ the moraine to see no derelict doi^s there, and thou*;h the encampment of the party was less than two miles beyond the moraine, I considered it a i^ootl omen that this Rul)ic()n had finally been passed ; that this Titan breastwork alon^^ which, throughout the previous fall, we had so per-. ;i 'r '^ n FIRST CAMP ON THE ICE-CAP. sistently battled the triple demons of the ice-cap, cold, storm, and darkness, had at length been carried. As I approached the camp, which, with the sleeping-bags, sledges, and dogs, tethered in teams of five or six, occupied a very considerable area, I saw everything indistinctly through the white veil of the fine snow-drift which the biting wind from the interior w-as sweeping along to a height of three or four feet over the frozen surface. Kntrikin, Astriip, and Baldwin, who met me just on the outskirts of the camp, although closely enveloped in their heavy furs, had apparently felt the effects of the all-penetrating ice-cap wind on this their. 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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