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   ocr: Meteorite I A - driving snowstorm greeted Peary's return to Meteorite Island on August 12, 1897. His larger ship, Hope, had been rein- forced to withstand the meteorite's great weight (Ahnighito has a density of eight, compared with a density of three for rocks). Carried on a specially built "car" across the six- meter bridge, its rails greased with soap tallow, Ahnighito was finally hauled aboard. A winch 912