Northward over the great ice.

by Robert E. Peary

List of Illustrations

PART III. Chapter VI. Discovery of the "Saviksue"

PART V. Summer voyages of 1896-1897. The "Saviksue" or Cape York Meteorites

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• Illustration: The 'Saviksue' as excavated from the snow and ice
• Headpiece
• Sledging into Olriks Bay
• Saviksoah Mountain from the site of the 'Woman'
• Face of Marie Glacier
• Savage Glacier
• Coast en route to Peterahwik
• Facsimile of page of note-book
• A glittering wintery day
• Panikpah
• Tupik at Netiulumi
• Travelling companions
• A cave at Petowik
• Getting dogs across a lead
• Typical coast scene
• At Cape York
• Head of Saviksoah Bay
• View east from the Meteorite
• Hard at work
• Looking north across Petowik Glacier
• Coast north of Petowik Glacier
• Professor Chamberlin
• The 'Falcon' in harbour again
• Bridgman at Kangerdlooksoah
• Cliffs of Lion Island
• Tailpiece

• Map showing location of 'Saviksue' and voyage of 'hope' in 1897
• Headpiece
• 'Tent' or 'Ahnighito' meteorite
• Panorama of site of Saviksue
• Meteorite Island, from the top of Saviksoah Mountain
• The ice ferry-boat
• The 'Dog'
• Hauling the 'Dog' over the rocks
• Across the bay ice
• Moving the 'Woman' on rollers
• 'Kite' docked in the ice
• The 'Tent' or 'Ahnighito' in situ
• The 'Saviksue' as left in 1896
• Carrying the hundred-ton jack
• Road for the meteorite
• After half a revolution
• Two of my hydraulic jacks
• The meteorite on my return in 1897
• The 'hope' at meteorite Island, Aug. 17, 1897.
• Captain John Bartlett
• The Masonic group
• Launching the 'Ahnighito' on board
• Crossing the bridge
• The Eskimos farewell to the 'Saviksoah'
• A momentary hitch
• 'stop the winch'
• Meteorite in the hatch combings
• Ramming the iceberg barrier
• My Eskimo labourers
• Working under the meteorite
• Meteorite at 'Tween-decks level
• Remains of Greely House at Cape Sabine
• Hoisting meteorite out of the 'Hope'
• The storm under the lee of Wolstenholm Island
• The 'Dog' in situ
• Relative sizes of 'Saviksue' and six-foot man
• The 'Ahnighito' in situ
• The 'Woman' in situ
• Pile of trap cobbles about the 'Woman'
• Showing surface of 'Ahnighito' meteorite
• Widmanstatten figures of 'Ahnighito' and 'Woman'
• Ancient Eskimo knives made from metal of the 'Saviksue'
• Ancient Eskimo obtaining metal from the 'Woman'
• The sculptor's studio on meteorie island
• Homeward bound with the star stone

• Illustration: The 'Saviksue' as excavated from the snow and ice
• Recuperating from the ice-cap exposure
• Sledge trip to Olriks Bay
• Westward to Peterahwik
• Off for Cape York in search of the 'Iron Mountain'
• Round Cape Parry
• The Ignimut
• Across Wolsternholm Sound
• Overland
• Through the Leads off Petowik
• Cape York
• A young bachelor's den
• Discovery of the 'Saviksue'
• Return to Cape York
• Storm-bound
• Arduous return trip to lodge
• A wild toboggan ride
• Arrival of the Falcon
• Departure of the party

• History, and efforts to secure.
• Location
• Securing the 'Woman' and 'Dog' in 1895.
• Work on the 'Ahnighito in 1896
• Securing 'Ahnighito in 1897
• Description and analysis of the 'Saviksue'
• Report of Prof. Rollin D. Salisbury
• Notes and speculations
• Discovery of two ancient eskimo knives made from the metal of the 'Saviksue'
• Proposed group in connection with the 'Saviksue'
• Resume of points of special interest