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 . ,Ar. VERDANT RAVINE AT ATANEKERDLUK. turned the following summer, as I intended to do, Ishould reward them beyond their wildest dreams. Arriving at Red Cliff, I broke the sad news of theresults of our search to Mrs. Peary, and then
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 . ,Ar. VERDANT RAVINE AT ATANEKERDLUK. turned the following summer, as I intended to do, Ishould reward them beyond their wildest dreams. Arriving at Red Cliff, I broke the sad news of theresults of our search to Mrs. Peary, and then withheavy heart completed the work of packing my speci-mens and remaining material to send on board theship. The weather, which during our search for Ver-hoeff had been of the most disagreeable nature, snowfalling every night, changed now and gave us one or 418 Northward over the Great Ice two perfect days. The warmth and hght upon thebeach along Red CHff were almost tropical in their char-acter. Many were the interesting groups, yet I hadlittle heart for them. Mrs. Peary distributed thehousehold utensils to the delighted women of thevillage, and then both men and women were assem-bled in line upon the beach, and everything that I did not care to take homewith me given to them,together with untoldwealth sent them by kindfriends of the expeditionin Philadelphia,
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