. 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. .,^«*^ .T-. Miscellanea 409 Matt returned t()-niL;ht from Karnah, , and Iidoodiowny, as I dirt'Ctcd. He has been ^one ei^i^ht
. 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. .,^«*^ .T-. Miscellanea 409 Matt returned t()-niL;ht from Karnah, , and Iidoodiowny, as I dirt'Ctcd. He has been ^one ei^i^ht days and is l)ack a day sooner than I anticipa- ted. He reports tliat Tt^iiilvOtinah (alias " Georj^e Washinju^ton ") is anxious to l)rinL]^ me a load of narwhal meat, to atone for past misdeeds ; that there is still open water at Cape Parry, and much youne^ ice between there and Netiulumi. which will require a few more days to render safe ; that the op(;n water. RETURN OF THE SUN. at Keate has retreated a little to the west of the Ke- ate Glacier ; and that Ikwah and his nc;w wife are alone at Keate, the other family liavin^- movc^d to Netiulumi. He found a i)ool of open water in the chan- nel between Northumberland and Herbert Islands, with three beri^s in it ; a pool similar to the (mr I saw in 1892, but much lar^^er. That had one bcr^- in it. This accounts for tlu; somewhat erroneous informa- tion obtained from I'lrasmus N'ork and appe;u'in_L;- in U. 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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