. 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. CllAP'l'l'iK II, llorsl'.-I'. AM) III Nl'INC U) I', o z i. N ()X 1''. of the natives at Capr N'ork had seen or heard any- thing' of XC
. 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. CllAP'l'l'iK II, llorsl'.-I'. AM) III Nl'INC U) I', o z i. N ()X 1''. of the natives at Capr N'ork had seen or heard any- thing' of XCrhocff. I rowed out to tlie Muffs of the cajjc iind chmhed to their crest. There; is no trace of the summit ever having- heen visited l)y an\; c xcept tlie nati \'es, one or t\\ .) o f wnose !o.\-tnips 1 toimd on top, and I do not recall any record of tlie ascent haxiiiL;- l)(H-n made, though it is (piitc; likel)' that it has heen ac- complished, as it is not dithcult. Certain it is, hiowexcr, that never were the conditions more perfect lor an out- look from tlu; cape than now. Tlu; ed^c of the ice- cap came ri^ht tlown to the heatl of the ra\ine. up which we climbed, and as I stepp; 1 upon it 1 reniemlx-red that it was live da)s K-ss than a year since I had si jjped from its edi^e a little hu'lher north on. the; c()m]>ledon of my trij) to the north-east coast of drtHMiland. Af- ter enj())-inL;- prospect for a few moments, a cairn was erected, and a bottle containing' a record of the visit deposited in it. After a round of views from 3/. 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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