Beschreibung:
First published in 1898, Robert Peary's two-volume memoir of Arctic exploration recounts his early expeditions in Greenland.
Part III. North-Greenland Expedition of 1893-4: 1. Philadelphia to Cape York; 2. House-building and hunting; 3. Autumn and winter work; 4. On the 'Great Ice'; 5. On the 'Great Ice' continued; 6. Discovery of the 'Saviksue'; 7. Reconnaissance of Melville Bay; 8. Meteorological and auroral notes; Part IV. North-Greenland Expedition of 1894-5: 1. Boat voyage, Falcon to lodge; 2. Boat voyage, Falcon to lodge continued; 3. The walrus hunt; 4. Transporting meat to the lodge; 5. Fall ice-cap work; 6. Fall hunting, Arctic day and night; 7. December journey to Cape York; 8. Return from Cape York; 9. Winter routine; 10. Sledge trips of the long night; 11. Miscellanea; 12. A week at Peterahwik; 13. Upward ice-cap journey; 14. The land beyond the ice-cap; 15. The land beyond the ice-cap continued; 16. Return ice-cap journey; 17. After the return; Objects and results of North-Greenland expeditions of 1893 to 1895; Part V. Summer Voyages of 1896-7: The 'Saviksue' or Cape York meteorites; Index.