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OFF ACROSS THE FROZEN SEA 213 XXIV THE FIRST
OPEN WATER 221 XXV SOME OF MY ESKIMOS LOSE THEIR
NERVE 230 XXVI BORUP'S FARTHEST NORTH 240 XXVII
GOOD-BY TO MARVIN 248 XXVIII WE BREAK ALL RECORDS
255 XXIX BARTLETT REACHES 87° 47´ 264 XXX THE FINAL
SPURT BEGUN 272 XXXI ONLY ONE DAY FROM THE POLE
280 XXXII WE REACH THE POLE 287 XXXIII GOOD-BY TO THE
POLE 302 XXXIV BACK TO LAND AGAIN 314 XXXV LAST
DAYS AT CAPE SHERIDAN 325 APPENDIX I 337 APPENDIX II
350 APPENDIX III 363

ILLUSTRATIONS
FULL-PAGE PLATES REPRODUCING PHOTOGRAPHIC
ENLARGEMENTS COLORED BY HAND
THE FIVE FLAGS AT THE POLE Frontispiece.
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PORTRAIT OF ROBERT E. PEARY IN HIS ACTUAL NORTH
POLE COSTUME viii
STELLAR PROJECTION, SHOWING THE RELATION OF THE
POLAR SEA TO THE VARIOUS CONTINENTS AND THE ROUTE
OF THE EXPEDITION xxxii
ESKIMO DOGS OF THE EXPEDITION (246 IN ALL) ON SMALL
ISLAND. ETAH FJORD 74
CAPTAIN BARTLETT AND HIS PARTY (A TYPICAL UNIT
DIVISION OF THE EXPEDITION) 140
ILLUMINATION OF THE Roosevelt IN WINTER QUARTERS ON
A MOONLIGHT NIGHT 162
A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF WORKING
SLEDGES OVER A PRESSURE RIDGE 240
CROSSING A LEAD ON AN ICE CAKE AS A FERRY-BOAT 306
BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
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GEORGE A. WARDWELL, CHIEF ENGINEER 16 BANKS SCOTT,
SECOND ENGINEER 16 ROBERT A. BARTLETT, MASTER 16
THOMAS GUSHUE, MATE 16 CHARLES PERCY, STEWARD 16
PROFESSOR ROSS G. MARVIN, ASSISTANT 17 GEORGE
BORUP, ASSISTANT 17 DONALD B. MACMILLAN, ASSISTANT

17 DR. J. W. GOODSELL, SURGEON 17 SNOWY OWL, CAPE
SHERIDAN 36 BRANT GOOSE 37 SABINE'S GULL 37
RED-THROATED DIVER, MALE AND FEMALE 37 KING EIDER,
DRAKE 37 ESKIMOS COMING OFF TO THE Roosevelt IN
KAYAKS 42 THE MIDNIGHT SUN AS SEEN IN THE WHALE
SOUND REGION 42 ESKIMO IN KAYAK 43 THE ICE-CLIFFS OF
HUBBARD GLACIER 52 PEARY DISTRIBUTING UTENSILS TO
WIVES OF HIS HUNTERS AT ETAH 53 DECK SCENE ON THE
Roosevelt 53 ESKIMO MOTHER AND CHILD 60 ESKIMO
CHILDREN 61 KUDLAH, ALIAS "MISFORTUNE," WITH
PUPPIES 61 KING ESKIMO DOG 70 THE DOG MARKET AT
CAPE YORK 71 THE WHALE-BOAT RETURNING TO THE SHIP
FROM THE WALRUS HUNT 71 THE CAPE JESUP GRENADIERS
71 HOISTING A WALRUS TO THE DECK OF THE Roosevelt 86 A
NARWHAL KILLED OFF CAPE UNION, JULY, 1909. THE MOST
NORTHERLY SPECIMEN EVER CAPTURED 87 CAPTAIN
BARTLETT IN THE CROW'S NEST 104 TABULAR ICEBERG
AND FLOE-ICE 105 THE Roosevelt DRYING OUT HER SAILS AT
CAPE SHERIDAN, SEPTEMBER, 1908 122 THE Roosevelt ON
SEPTEMBER 12, 1908, MARIE AHNIGHITO PEARY'S BIRTHDAY
123 "PEARY" SLEDGES ON BOARD THE Roosevelt 123 VIEW
BETWEEN THE Roosevelt AND CAPE COLUMBIA 136 ESKIMO
TYPE OF SLEDGE USED ON JOURNEY 137 "PEARY" TYPE OF
SLEDGE 137 POLAR BEAR, ARRANGED BY "FROZEN
TAXIDERMY" AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY FLASHLIGHT 144
FAMILY GROUP OF PEARY CARIBOU (Rangifer Pearyi),
ARRANGED BY "FROZEN TAXIDERMY" AND
PHOTOGRAPHED BY FLASHLIGHT 145 HEAD OF BULL
MUSK-OX KILLED ON PARRY PENINSULA 152 HERD OF
MUSK-OXEN ROUNDED UP 153 WEESHARKOOPSI AND
MUSK-OX CALF 156 BEAR KILLED IN CLEMENTS MARKHAM
INLET 156 MUSK-OX HEADS IN THE RIGGING OF THE
Roosevelt 157 CARIBOU HEADS IN THE RIGGING OF THE
Roosevelt 157 CRANE CITY, CAPE COLUMBIA, AT THE TIME OF
DEPARTURE MARCH 1, 1909 192 FACE OF THE LAND ICE,
"GLACIAL FRINGE," OFF CAPE COLUMBIA 193 PINNACLE
NEAR THE SHORE 193 TYPICAL TRAIL IN SOFT SNOW

(LOOKING BACKWARD) 208 TYPICAL VIEW OF THE ICE OF
THE ARCTIC OCEAN NORTH OF GRANT LAND 209 TYPICAL
CAMP ON THE ICE 209 WORKING THROUGH AN EXPANSE OF
ROUGH ICE 216 PASSING THROUGH A DEFILE IN ROUGH ICE
217 APPROACHING A LEAD THROUGH ROUGH ICE 224
STOPPED BY OPEN WATER 225 ATHLETIC SPORTS AT THE
LEAD CAMP 232 PICKAXING A ROAD THROUGH ZONE OF
ROUGH ICE 232 A CHARACTERISTIC VIEW OF THE
EXPEDITION ON THE MARCH IN FINE WEATHER 233
REPAIRING SLEDGES IN CAMP 248 MARVIN TAKING AN
OBSERVATION IN A SNOW SHELTER 249 CROSSING A LARGE
LAKE OF YOUNG ICE, NORTH OF 87° 264 CAMP AT 85° 48´
NORTH, MARCH 22, 1909 265 A MOMENTARY HALT IN THE
LEE OF A BIG HUMMOCK NORTH OF 88° 265 BARTLETT AND
HIS PARTY READY TO START BACK FROM 87° 47´ NORTH,
APRIL 1, 1909 270 CUTTING BLOCKS OF SNOW FOR IGLOOS
AT NEXT TO LAST CAMP, 89° 25´ NORTH 271 THE HALT FOR
LUNCH IN LAST FORCED MARCH, 89° 25´ TO 89° 57´,
SHOWING ALCOHOL STOVES IN SNOW SHELTER 284 CAMP
MORRIS K. JESUP, 89° 57´, APRIL 6 AND 7, 1909 285 THE
RECONNOITERING PARTY AT THE POLE 288 THE DOUBLE
TEAM OF DOGS USED WITH THE RECONNOITERING SLEDGE
AT THE POLE, SHOWING THEIR ALERTNESS AND GOOD
CONDITION 289 PEARY WITH CHRONOMETER, SEXTANT,
AND ARTIFICIAL HORIZON AT THE POLE 290 PEARY TAKING
AN OBSERVATION AT THE POLE, WITH ARTIFICIAL
HORIZON, IN A SNOW