Nearest the Pole: a narrative of the polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
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Nearest the Pole: a narrative of the polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
Arctic regions
BRINGING OFF THE “POLARIS” BOAT FROM BOAT CAMP, NEWMAN
BAY 41
CAPE SUMNER, GREENLAND 42
BIRTHDAY CAPE, WRANGEL BAY, GRINNELL LAND 42
THE “ROOSEVELT” IMMEDIATELY AFTER ARRIVAL AT CAPE
SHERIDAN 65
THE ALERT’S CAIRN, AT FLOEBERG BEACH 66
PETERSEN’S GRAVE, OVERLOOKING FLOEBERG BEACH 66
CAPE SHERIDAN AND THE POLAR OCEAN 75
THE “ROOSEVELT” AT CAPE SHERIDAN, AFTER A SOUTHERLY GALE 76
A DAY’S HARE SHOOTING AT SHERIDAN 81
RETURN OF HUNTING PARTY FROM CAPE HENRY WITH FIRST
SPECIMENS OF NEW REINDEER 81
LAST VIEW OF THE SUN, BLACK CAPE, OCTOBER 12, 1906 82
SHAPING THE RUNNERS 85
ESKIMOS MAKING SLEDGES ON BOARD THE “ROOSEVELT” 85
SALMON TROUT FROM LAKE HAZEN 86
ESKIMOS FISHING ON LAKE HAZEN 86
MOONLIGHT VIEW OF THE “ROOSEVELT” IN WINTER QUARTERS AT
CAPE SHERIDAN 89
THE BOW OF THE “ROOSEVELT” IN WINTER QUARTERS 90
WEIGHING MUSK-OX MEAT 99
REINDEER AND MUSK-OX MEAT IN THE RIGGING 99
CROSSING FIELDEN PENINSULA 100
CAPE HECLA WITH CAPE JOSEPH HENRY IN THE DISTANCE 103
CAPTAIN BARTLETT AT CAPE HECLA 104
DELAY CAMP AT THE “BIG LEAD,” 84° 38′ 107
ESKIMO DRAWINGS MADE AT STORM CAMP 108
A SAMPLE OF THE ARCTIC PACK 157
AS THEY ROUNDED UP THE HERD OF MUSK-OXEN, NARE’S LAND 158
AFTER THE KILLING 158
EGINGWAH AND THE MORRIS K. JESUP SLEDGE 175
MY ENTIRE WESTERN PARTY ON THE ROAD TO CAPE COLUMBIA 175
THE TWIN PEAKS AT CAPE COLUMBIA WITH THE MORRIS K. JESUP
SLEDGE IN THE FOREGROUND 176
LIVE BULL MUSK-OX AT CLOSE QUARTERS, CAPE COLUMBIA 179
MUSK-OX AT CAPE COLUMBIA 180
THE ALPINE SUMMIT OF CAPE COLGATE 197
CAPE THOMAS HUBBARD. NORTHERN EXTREMITY OF JESUP LAND.
(HEIBERGER LAND OF SVERDRUP’S) 198
CAPE COLGATE. NORTHWESTERN ANGLE OF GRANT LAND 198
EGINGWAH AND REINDEER AT CAPE HUBBARD 221
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