Breaking Camp at Cape Richthope 433 Anthony Fiala 437 Roald Amundsen 444 Cape Flora in Early July, 1904 448 The Coal Mine at Cape Flora 448 The _Roosevelt_ drying her Sails 456 Cairn erected over the Body of Marvin 460 Camp Morris Jesup 462 The Peary Sledge 464 Christmas Dinner on the _Roosevelt_ 464 The Flag that Peary carried to the Pole 468 Map of Arctic Explorations, 1860-1909 474 Transcriber’s Note: There are nine additional illustrations not listed above: Admiral Sir Edward Belcher 142 Admiral Sir Edward Inglefield, R. N. 147 Map of North America 173 Sir John Franklin’s Record 192 Captain Hall and Eskimos 247 Captain G. S. Nares, F. R. S. 310 Commander A. H. Markham 311 Anniversary Lodge Cross Section 461 The Route Taken by Commander Peary in 1908 469 [Illustration: HONDIUS HIS MAP OF THE ARCTIKE POLE, OR NORTHERNE WORLD] THE GREAT WHITE NORTH CHAPTER I Early adventurers: Pytheas.—Dicuil.—Other.—Wulfstan.—The Norsemen.—Iva Bardsen.—The Cabots.—The Cortereals.—Willoughby and Chancellor.—Stephen Burrough.—Niccolò Zeno.—Frobisher.—Pet and Jackman.—Sir Humphrey Gilbert.—Davis.—Barentz. A grave old world, majestically swinging upon its axis, the mystery of its northern extremity locked closely within its breast, is suddenly electrified by the news that at last man, for centuries baffled in his heroic efforts, has revealed its hidden secret, and that Old Glory, symbol of the daring of the moderns, floats from the Pole itself. What a thrill of interest passes over the nations of the earth; universal excitement; universal rejoicings. Cablegram, Marconigram, carry the wonderful tidings under the seas or around the world in space.