. 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. APPI'XDIX I. AX ARCTIC OASIS—IIoMK OF IHK MOSl' NORTH KNOWN I'Kol' ON Till-: CLolii;.. T HERE is no more intcrcstinj^ Arctic localit
. 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. APPI'XDIX I. AX ARCTIC OASIS—IIoMK OF IHK MOSl' NORTH KNOWN I'Kol' ON Till-: CLolii;.. T HERE is no more intcrcstinj^ Arctic locality than the little oasis aloni; the west- ern coast of North Green- land between Melville liay and Kane Basin. The interest of the locality de- pends upon several cir- cumstances. It lies at one of the gateways to the Polar Sea ; its western- most cape is one of the Arctic Pillars of Hc;rcules which stand ouard across Smith Sound ; it is a real Arctic oasis, its abundance of ve^^^etable and animal life bein^T in strikinL-- contrast to the icv wastes of Melville Bay and Kane Basin north and south of it, and to the desolate barren shores of Ellesmere Land west- ward across Smith Sound. It is also one of the earliest known of hi^rh Arctic rei^nons, and for the past hundred years has been the principal focus of Arctic effort, no few^er than six expeditions havinjj;" wintered within itr limits. And tinallv it is the home of a little tribe of Arctic aborig-ines, at once the most northerly individu- als of the human race, one of the smallest in number, 443. 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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