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 / by Robert E. Peary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.

Contributor:

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arctic regions.

Genre:

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1898.

Physical Description:

2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen, 1898.

Contents:

Preface. Introduction. Part I. Reconnaissance of the Greenland inland ice, 1886

Objects and results of 1886 reconnaissance

Part II. North-Greenland expedition of 1891-1892. Brooklyn to McCormick Bay

Preparing our North-Greenland home

Boat voyage to the islands

Boat and sledge trips

Through the great night

Imprisoned on the ice-cap

Preparing for the ice-cap campaign

Around Inglefield Gulf by sledge

Equipment, routine, and beginning of the White March

Over the "great ice" to the northern end of Greenland

Northernmost Greenland

Eight thousand feet above the sea

Boat voyage into Inglefield Gulf

Search for Verhoeff, and homeward voyage

Meteorological notes: Verhoeff

Objects and results of 1891-1892 expedition. Appendix I. An Arctic oasis

Appendix II. The smith-sound Eskimos, with complete census of the tribe

Index of Vol. I.

Notes:

Contains index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in blue cloth with linen grain with text and image of dogs pulling a sleigh on front cover. Text in grey on spine.

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Jun 13 1898."

Athenaeum has vol. I only.

OCLC:

2473232