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 . MRS. PEARY AND HER KAHLILLOWAH. Stopping here only an hour or so to limber our-selves up, and try to get a little warmth into clothingwhich had been saturated almost from the momentof our leaving Red Cliff, we again pulled on close
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 . MRS. PEARY AND HER KAHLILLOWAH. Stopping here only an hour or so to limber our-selves up, and try to get a little warmth into clothingwhich had been saturated almost from the momentof our leaving Red Cliff, we again pulled on close tothe shore of the south side of the gulf. We had ahard strueafle with the tide, which runs here likea mill-race, swirling in eddies around every rocky 4o6 Northward over the Great Ice point. Night overtook us before we had gone very far,and landing at the only available place along severalmiles of shore, we made our preparations for the here the next day we kept on down thesouth shore past the face of the Hurlburt Glacier,and then bore straight across the gulf for trip across was uneventful; we were fortunatelynot troubled by wind, and once within the shelter ofthe iceberg flotilla, which is always sweeping along. LOOKING OUT OF ACADEMY BAY. the Karnah shore, we felt safe. Again we landedat Karnah, intending to spend the night there, butafter a generous repast and plenty of hot tea, wefelt so much refreshed that it was the opinion ofeveryone we should push on to Red Cliff withoutdelay. As long as my crew felt this way, I was onlytoo glad, and hastily stowing our things in the MaryPeary again, we pulled off from the beach and headedwestward for Cape Cleveland. Boat Voyage into Inglefield Gulf 407 When about half-way on our journey, a favouringwind sprang up, to which the Ma7y Pemys foresailwas spread and she dashed on bravely before it, thewind increasing in intensity until, as we reached CapeCleveland, it was blowing half a gale, and required agood deal
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