. Guide leaflet. weighing more thanthirty six and one half tons, was known as The Tent. The last,however, has been formally christened by the daughter of the explorerwith her own name, Ahnighito. This great mass is 10 feet 11 incheslong, 6 feet 9 inches high and 5 feet 2 inches thick. The Woman and the Dog were visited by Peary in 1894 and wereobtained the following year after much difficult and exciting work, anincident of which was the breaking up of the cake of ice on which theWoman had been ferried from the shore to ship just as the mass wasabout to be hoisted aboard. Fortunately there was
. Guide leaflet. weighing more thanthirty six and one half tons, was known as The Tent. The last,however, has been formally christened by the daughter of the explorerwith her own name, Ahnighito. This great mass is 10 feet 11 incheslong, 6 feet 9 inches high and 5 feet 2 inches thick. The Woman and the Dog were visited by Peary in 1894 and wereobtained the following year after much difficult and exciting work, anincident of which was the breaking up of the cake of ice on which theWoman had been ferried from the shore to ship just as the mass wasabout to be hoisted aboard. Fortunately there was enough tackle aroundthe meteorite to prevent its loss. In 1895, Commander Peary visitedAhnighito, also, which lay on an island only four miles from the twosmaller masses, but he could do little toward its removal. The next yearhe made another voyage for the purpose of getting the great iron but wasunsuccessful. His third attempt was made in 1897, and the meteoritewas brought safely to New York in the ship SECTION OF AHNIGHITO. NATURAL SIZE. Shows broad Widmanstatten lines. The three masses are closely similar in chemical composition, analysesby J. E. Whitfield giving the following results: The Dog. The Woman. Ahnighito. hon $ Nickel 8 27 j Cobalt
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