. 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. y:-'UT7i!K:-:ffii;.'>i'7TOK:«ifaE^i-" A Week at Peterahwik 433 salt. I was cU;liLrlUccl to be awakened soon after midnii^lu of the si
. 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. y:-'UT7i!K:-:ffii;.'>i'7TOK:«ifaE^i-" A Week at Peterahwik 433 salt. I was cU;liLrlUccl to be awakened soon after midnii^lu of the sixth day, by someone shoutinor into the entrance of the ij^loo, " A^mnooksKC sJiadago" ( " They have killed the bears "). Hurr) in<r outside, I found that the bear hunters had returned, brincrinor five skins and their sled^^es piled hii^h with meat. They reported the ice in Kane Basin smooth and hard. They encountered intense cold with much wind. All had their faces more or less frost-bitten. I did not turn in till I had joined the victors in a bear feast, which was a very a^^reeable chanij^e from my steady diet of walrus, and to which I did full justice. The next day I purchased nine more doo^s and some walrus meat, and the following morning started back for Karnah, accompanied b)' a regular caval- cade, in which were the brave fellows who wx're to accompany me on the ice-cap. The fifty-mile journey to Karnah with the m( it- laden sledges was long and tedious, and it was mid- night when we climbed over the ice-foot at the latter place. Here I obtained a few hours' sleep, and at daylight was on my way to the lodge again, arriving shortly after nof)n. li VOT II. -28. f. 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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