2 MY ARCTIC JOURNAL 



TJic discovery of the existence of ice -free land-jnasscs to the 

 northward of Greenland ; and 



The delineation of the nortlnvard extension of the great 

 Greenland ice-cap. 



1)1 the follozoing pages Mrs. Peary recounts her experiences 

 of a full twelvenionth spent on the shores of McCorniick Bay, 

 midway betzveen the Arctic Circle and the North Pole. The 

 Eskimos with tvhom she came in contact belong to a little tribe 

 of about three hnndi'cd and fifty individuals, completely isolated 

 from the rest of the ivorld. They are separated by hnndreds of 

 miles from t/ieir nearest neighbors, icith ivhom they have no 

 intercourse ivhatcvcr. These people had never seen a zuhite 

 zvoman, and some of them had never beheld a civilized being. 

 The opportunities ivhich Mrs. Peary had of observing their 

 manjiers and mode of life have enabled her to make a valuable 

 contribution to ethnological learning. 



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