. 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. ! n ill- 'Mi 154 Northward over the "Great Ice" AiiL^ust 20th the Falcon was ahle to force her way up Bowdoin Bay to the lodge. Th


. 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. ! n ill- 'Mi 154 Northward over the "Great Ice" AiiL^ust 20th the Falcon was ahle to force her way up Bowdoin Bay to the lodge. The next two days were spent in puttino^ coal ashore, and [^'^tt-ini^ the bagorai^e and those going home on board. At eleven , on August 23d, she steamed out of Bowdoin Bay, leaving Matt in charge of the lodge, bound for Academy Bay, where I hoped we would be able to get a number of deer, the skins to be utilised in the outht of my Inland- \ ! â i -I y b ? J- V â ^1 w. '^t'^r^-^iC.^ CLIFFS OF LION ISLAND. Head of Ingletield Gulf. Ice party n'jxt spring, and the meat turned over to the party on the Falcon, as their fresh-meat supply had been exhausted. We met with little success in Acad- emy Bay, and the next two days were spent in tra- ^â¢ersing new country in the hope of finding the deer, but not until the last day did we come upon their tracks, and found they were too far inland to make it desirable to hunt them now. We therefore returned to the lodge on the 26th, A f. 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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