. 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. f ^jtt^F^^gm' If ,«Bl?i I 1 220 Northward over the "Great Ice" KastWctrd, the narrow, sliallow southern arm of Hooth Sound reac
. 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. f ^jtt^F^^gm' If ,«Bl?i I 1 220 Northward over the "Great Ice" KastWctrd, the narrow, sliallow southern arm of Hooth Sound reaches up a valley, towards the head of which sweep down two or three glaciers. Up this valley, over the g-laciers and across the ice-cap, is a trail to Harden Bay antl Xetiulimii. Northward is land-lockeil Booth Sound, with the well-rememhered Anoah Cdacier llowini;' down to its north-east(;rn an^^le, and the remarkable Bell Rock risini; from its centre. 'I'his Bell Rock is th(; lar^cist and most strikini^ of those shar[)-p()inted rocks risin^^ directly out of the sea, of which there are several in this reLjion, as Ualrymple and Conical Rocks, and the. REMARKABLE BELL ; Little Matterhorn. All are known by the natives as 111 " Jenna. Bevond Booth Sound, the L>"rim, sable bastion of Cape Parry closes the view, \V(; l(„'ft the little bi^ht at noon, and after pulliuij;' out of the inlet had a lii^dit southerly air. to which we spreatl our sail, thus assistini;' the oars very materially as we resumed our northward course towards Cape Parry. While passing- the mouth of Boc^h Sound, my na- tives told me of the burial-jjlace of a lon^-past gener- ation of Kskimos on the northern point of the %. 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. Sto
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