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Final Procuring of the "Saviksue".
In spite of previous unsuccessful attempts to revisit
the aerolites the effort was not given up, and finally late in
August, 1895, I rounded Cape York in the steamer "Kite" which had
been sent by Mrs. Peary to bring me and my two companions home,
and finding Melville Bay comparatively free from ice every possi-
ble pound of steam was crowded on and the "Kite" pushed eastward
at her utmost spped in order to reach the vicinity of the aerot
lites before a change of wind should shut the door in my face.
As we penetrated mile after mile into the icy fastnesses of
Melville Bay without finding our progress barred by ice, my hopes
began to rise, only to be dashed again when we entered "Saviksoah
Bay" and saw the previous winter's ice stretching entirely across
it. It looked as if even after getting thus far I was yet to
be
stopped several miles away from the objests of my visit. From
the masthead, however, a narrow lead of open water was detected
penetrating into the Bay, and following this lead to its end then
ramming the "Kite" her length into the edge of the floe, the ice
hooks were put out and the ship made fast a mile from the shore.
No sooner was this done than with two companions each armed
with a boat hook to assist in crossing the leads and pools of
water which interrupted the surface of the ice in every direction
I climbed over the side of the "Kite", crossed the ice, reached
the ice foot at the head of the Bay and, passing up the little
valley, stood once more beside the great Heaven-born mass, from
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