The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

Nonfiction, History, Polar Regions, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Robert E. Peary, Theodore Roosevelt, Introduction, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Foreword ISBN: 1230000176488
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: September 9, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Robert E. Peary, Theodore Roosevelt, Introduction, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Foreword
ISBN: 1230000176488
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: September 9, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

This edition features
 • illustrations
 • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
 
CONTENTS
Introduction    
Foreword    
I    The Plan    
II    Preparations    
III    The Start    
IV    Up to Cape York    
V    Welcome from the Eskimos    
VI    An Arctic Oasis    
VII    Odd Customs of an Odd People    
VIII    Getting Recruits    
IX    A Walrus Hunt    
X    Knocking at the Gateway to the Pole    
XI    Close Quarters with the Ice    
XII    The Ice Fight Goes On    
XIII    Cape Sheridan at Last    
XIV    In Winter Quarters    
XV    The Autumn Work    
XVI    The Biggest Game in the Arctic    
XVII    Musk-oxen at Last    
XVIII    The Long Night    
XIX    The Roosevelt's Narrow Escape    
XX    Christmas on the Roosevelt    
XXI    Arctic Ice Sledging as it Really Is    
XXII    Essentials that Brought Success    
XXIII    Off Across the Frozen Sea    
XXIV    The First Open Water    
XXV    Some of My Eskimos Lose their Nerve    
XXVI    Borup's Farthest North    
XXVII    Good-By to Marvin    
XXVIII    We Break all Records    
XXIX    Bartlett Reaches 87° 47´    
XXX    The Final Spurt Begun    
XXXI    Only One Day from the Pole    
XXXII    We Reach the Pole    
XXXIII    Good-By to the Pole    
XXXIV    Back to Land Again    
XXXV    Last Days at Cape Sheridan    
Appendix I    
Appendix II    
Appendix III

About the Author
"Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (1856 – 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole." --Wikipedia

 

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This edition features
 • illustrations
 • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
 
CONTENTS
Introduction    
Foreword    
I    The Plan    
II    Preparations    
III    The Start    
IV    Up to Cape York    
V    Welcome from the Eskimos    
VI    An Arctic Oasis    
VII    Odd Customs of an Odd People    
VIII    Getting Recruits    
IX    A Walrus Hunt    
X    Knocking at the Gateway to the Pole    
XI    Close Quarters with the Ice    
XII    The Ice Fight Goes On    
XIII    Cape Sheridan at Last    
XIV    In Winter Quarters    
XV    The Autumn Work    
XVI    The Biggest Game in the Arctic    
XVII    Musk-oxen at Last    
XVIII    The Long Night    
XIX    The Roosevelt's Narrow Escape    
XX    Christmas on the Roosevelt    
XXI    Arctic Ice Sledging as it Really Is    
XXII    Essentials that Brought Success    
XXIII    Off Across the Frozen Sea    
XXIV    The First Open Water    
XXV    Some of My Eskimos Lose their Nerve    
XXVI    Borup's Farthest North    
XXVII    Good-By to Marvin    
XXVIII    We Break all Records    
XXIX    Bartlett Reaches 87° 47´    
XXX    The Final Spurt Begun    
XXXI    Only One Day from the Pole    
XXXII    We Reach the Pole    
XXXIII    Good-By to the Pole    
XXXIV    Back to Land Again    
XXXV    Last Days at Cape Sheridan    
Appendix I    
Appendix II    
Appendix III

About the Author
"Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (1856 – 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole." --Wikipedia

 

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