. 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. yf 3 0 C a o o Miscellanea 415 left of her liiu^h upiunoiii; t\\v. rocks at tlu- head of the harbour. She hail been picked up botlil\- b\- th
. 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. yf 3 0 C a o o Miscellanea 415 left of her liiu^h upiunoiii; t\\v. rocks at tlu- head of the harbour. She hail been picked up botlil\- b\- the wiiui, borne tliroui^di the air some huiulred yards, dasiied aj^^ainst a pinnacle of the ice-foot, the-n [)icked up aiLjain and hurled far up the rocks, fully fifty feet above hij^h-water mark. There was not an unbroken board, knee, or timber in her. Every time the devilish w i n d destroys some- thini;. Last time it was my transit; now, my boat. Perhaps it will }^et one of us next. Nooktah says Kokoyah (the Devil) de- stroyed the boat. He saw a do*;- barkinuf furious- ly at the boat yesterday and has no doubt that Kokoyah was in it at that very time. A Frozen Fos^. — March 11, 1895. A New Iini^dand coast foi^r all day except for the temperature, which has been -4'' F. to - 6' V. Every- thing^ is densely coated with hnest frost-crystals. At noon the crest of Mt. Bartlett, lit by the; yellow ^du, shone throuo^h a riff, in the fo_L( overhead. suu;aesting, though in no way resembling, the Peak ot 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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