. 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. \ Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 239 ing behind their sledge was poor old I-'raiik, one of niy Xewfoundhmd do^s. Me aKva)s seemed to pref
. 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. \ Preparing for the Ice-Cap Campaign 239 ing behind their sledge was poor old I-'raiik, one of niy Xewfoundhmd do^s. Me aKva)s seemed to prefer native society to ours, and had stra\ed away with a dei^artini^ company of I'^skimos al)oiit tiiree months l)efore. He returned poor in llesh, scarred, hmpin^' from many hatth's with the wolf-fan^j^ed h^skimo doL^s, and scarcely able to mo\-e, but he showed the same curled lip !:)y way of a smile; as of old, when I spoke to him. as he strui^ij^led up the j)ath and threw himself dowm. The [)oor old veteran had had a hard winter of it. Some one had tied around his neck a bearskin collar, whether as charm or token of rever- ence I do not ywKlii^^w, .r^-,- 0.^:^. 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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