. 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. CHAPTKR XII. .\()Kini:K\M(»sr (.kkk\i,a.\i>. IT was a l)rioht. l)cau- tifiil ilay wluMi we arose on tlu- morniiio- of July ;v iSg2. Though
. 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. CHAPTKR XII. .\()Kini:K\M(»sr (.kkk\i,a.\i>. IT was a l)rioht. l)cau- tifiil ilay wluMi we arose on tlu- morniiio- of July ;v iSg2. Though on the [)rc-\'i()iis (la\- I had not cauoht a glimpse of the the niyster\- of dark-red hind before' us was a mystery stiH, I felt that the next tW(,'nt\--four. or fortN-eii^ht hours at most, would mak( all clear to us, and that we should stand on the- horelers of the Arctic Ocean, and, from some vantaux'-oround on the north-east coast of Cireenland, look northward over the broad expanse of sea. .Still I mi-ht b(; mis- taken, and the coast miwht be much farther north too far away for us to attain it carrNini^-, as we were comi)elled to, every ounce of our provisions and equipment on our backs. I was too anxious to enjoy the ^lorx- of tlie morn- incr fully. If, as I had for's(')me davs siisp<'cted, this channel actually stretched from Li'ncoln Se;i to' th(! Arctic Ocean on the north-east coast of (ireenland. was I to fail now to fathom its secret and take home 329. 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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