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 . FIRE-SWEPT ST, JOHNS. Astriip, a young Norwegian, a boy in years, but aman in grit and endurance, was one among a thousandfor the long and lonely journey during which he wasmy sole companion. Henson, my faithful coloured boy, a har
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 . FIRE-SWEPT ST, JOHNS. Astriip, a young Norwegian, a boy in years, but aman in grit and endurance, was one among a thousandfor the long and lonely journey during which he wasmy sole companion. Henson, my faithful coloured boy, a hard workerand apt at anything, being in turn cook, hunter, dogdriver, housekeeper, and body-guard, showed himself,in powers of endurance and ability to withstand cold,the equal of others in the party. My acknowledgments of my obligations to themembers of my party would be incomplete without Search for Verhoeff—Homeward Voyage 425 reference to Mrs. Peary. Outside of the unspeakablecomfort of her soothing presence in the time when atthe threshold of a field of effort, in which pure brutephysical fitness and strength are a sine qua non, Ifound myself a helpless cripple, I feel that I speakwithout prejudice when I say that to her womanly. SOUTHWARD WITH BELLYING SAILS. presence at all times and her valuable assistance andsuggestions, especially in regard to our clothing out-fit, the expedition owes much. The experience of the expedition proved conclu-sively to me the correctness of my theory as to thequality of the personnel of an Arctic expedition, 426 Northward over the Great Ice namely, that it should be composed entirely of menof youth, perfect health, and educated intelligence. Such men, imbued with an interest in their workand the success of the expedition, able to lift them-selves beyond the gloom and inactivity of the present,
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