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 . uch a convincing light that the Secretary, Hon. Tracy, at once granted me three years leave. This was November, 1892. I had six months inwhich to raise the funds, organise my party, and equipand fit my Expedition. It was too m
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 . uch a convincing light that the Secretary, Hon. Tracy, at once granted me three years leave. This was November, 1892. I had six months inwhich to raise the funds, organise my party, and equipand fit my Expedition. It was too much work for thetime, and though it was done, some of it was not care-fully done. This applies specially to the selection ofmy party. Carried away by enthusiasm, and with notime in the rapid whirl of effort for a calm considera-tion of the matter, I made the fatal mistake of taking,contrary to my expressed theory, a large party. Ifound, when too late, that I had very little suitabletimber for Arctic work in it. From my lectures, of which I delivered one hundredand sixty-eight in ninety-six days, I raised $13,000;Mrs. Peary put in all the money received for herbooks ; the American Geographical Society again con-tributed $1000; the New York Sun doubled its offerof the previous year, for letters; and receipts fromother sources amounted to two or three j4<^nn^ ^* ^^^M^^^rtyf^ Introduction xlv Still the total was not sufficient, and just at thistime the silver panic materialised, and it was im-possible to get any society or individual had already chartered my ship, ordered my equip-ment and supplies, enlisted my party, and now hadnot sufficient funds to meet the demands. What wasto be done ? At this crisis a friend suggested put-ting my ship on exhibition, and raising the balanceneeded in this manner. I hesitated some time. Theidea was extremely distasteful to me, but there wasno other alternative, and the people of Philadelphia,New York, Boston, and Portl
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