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 . ADULT ADULT ing the winter, of seventy-five individuals, and I tooka complete series of photographs of the same persons,comprising portraits, and front, side, and rear eleva-tions in the nude, of
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 . ADULT ADULT ing the winter, of seventy-five individuals, and I tooka complete series of photographs of the same persons,comprising portraits, and front, side, and rear eleva-tions in the nude, of each subject. Through the Great Night 175 On one side of the stove, near the partition sepa-rating Mrs. Pearys apartment from the main room, Istationed myself to handle the camera. On the otherside was Matt manipulating the flash-light. Dr. Cookwould pose the subject at the other end of the room,and near at hand was a table at which he recorded hisanthropological measurements. It was interesting to observe the modesty both ofthe women and the men. They couldnot understand at first why I desiredto take their pictures in a nude condi-tion, and I am not sure that they evergot a very clear idea of the told them that we wished to comparetheir bodies with those of other peoplein the world, and it was not long beforesome of them grasped the idea so faras
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