. 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. ^gmmmm V\ I \ i' I 124 Northward over the "Great Ice" entire rc'ion from Melville Bav to the I Iu!;-,hlt Glacier. Its chciract^r
. 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. ^gmmmm V\ I \ i' I 124 Northward over the "Great Ice" entire rc'ion from Melville Bav to the I Iu!;-,hlt Glacier. Its chciract^ristics are more those of a than of a hay or fjord, as will he seen at once from the map ;md the statt.'mcnt of its dimensions, wiiich art,' : leni^^th fifty miles, and a maximum hreadth at the mouth of five miles, narrowing];- in two places to ahout 1} miles, and an averai^e width from mouth to head of little, if any, over 2i miles. The bay is di-. SLEDGING INTO OLRIKS BAY. Mrs. I'eary^ lOquiiiayc. vided naturally into three sections, namely, the outer, middle, antl inner reaches, by the contractions of the outer and inner narrows. The head of the bay is but a short distance from the head of Acadeniy Bay, the same ice-stream throwino;- down a branch into each. My desire to examine this inlet dated from April, ICS92, when I crossed its mouth on a sleds^e, and this desire was much increased bv the visual evi- dcnce from the ice-cap, durinj^ March and April of. 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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