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 . VIEW AT HEAD OF BOW^DOIN BAY. Bowdoin Glacier in Distance. at this camp, one of my hunters went up the bluffsand obtained two fine deer, and from this camp, also,VerhoefT left us on his proposed trip across the gla-cier, and so on
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 . VIEW AT HEAD OF BOW^DOIN BAY. Bowdoin Glacier in Distance. at this camp, one of my hunters went up the bluffsand obtained two fine deer, and from this camp, also,VerhoefT left us on his proposed trip across the gla-cier, and so on around to Red Cliff. It was my lastsight of the unfortunate man. Next noon, in a continuance of rainy weather, Ipushed through the area of glacier debris which filledthe centre of the bay, into its extreme north-easterncorner, to a little cove from which a tiny valley ran Boat Voyage into Inglefield Gulf 395 up under the shadow of a vertical-faced was the very place down into which I had looked, p. ? ?^ _,_ »*V£1mJ|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^H ^ EAST GLACIER. Bowdoin Bay. about one week previous, while sweeping down the icyslopes of the Great Ice to the head of McCormick. CASTLE Point of Bowdoin Bay. Bay, and had thought, at that time, what an idealsite for an arctic house, so accessible and shekered. 396 Northward over the Great Ice In this instance, distance did not lend enchantmentto the view, and I found the place equally as attractiveclose to, as my fancy had pictured it. It seemed, inevery respect, an ideal site for an arctic house. Flow-ers and grass were in abundance, a stream close byoffered an ample supply of water, and the mountainsabout gave promise of complete protection from furi-ous winter winds. While here, Mrs. Peary was for-
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