TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VII. 

 PEARY FINDS THE POLE. 

 The unbelievable message that came to a news agency in New York — "I have nailed the 

 Stars and Stripes to the pole" — Credulity stretched to the breaking point — Peary con- 

 vinces all — His dispatches to official sources and to his wife — Reception of the news 

 by Mrs. Peary and by the daughter who was born in the arctic 93 



CHAPTER VIII. 



PEARY'S SUCCESSFUL VOYAGE. 



The steamer Roosevelt starts north, and is given God-speed by President Roosevelt — The 



voyage to Greenland — Peary describes preparations for the dash to the pole — Getting 



supplies, and shooting the formidable game of the region — High hopes for success 



after a life-time of effort 99 



CHAPTER IX. 

 EARLY LIFE OF PEARY. 

 Fired as boy and man with the love of adventure — Reads of prowess of polar travelers, 

 and achieves ambition to follow in their steps — First work in the line of exploration 

 — Various trips in quest of the pole touched on briefly — Peary's wife and family .... 108 



CHAPTER X. 

 PEARY'S STORY OF THE DASH TO THE POLE. 



Leaving Greenland with dogs and sledges — ^Long days' journeys over the ice — Terrific toil 

 of lifting the sledge over ice-hummocks, and breaking a path — ^Despair of Peary's 

 followers, and his own fortitude — The long- sought goal in sight — The last lap and 

 the final dash — ^Victory ! Ill 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE BATTLE OF THE HEROES. 



Controversies likely to attend great success — Peary challenges Cook's work — Calm reply 

 of the man being feted in Denmark— Countercharges are made, and friends of both 

 men take sides 124 



CHAPTER XII. 

 PEARY'S FIRST VOYAGE. 



"Getting his sea-legs" as a polar traveler — Goes north and studies Eskimos — Mrs. Peary 

 as a companion of her husband in the frozen land — Life among the Eskimos — ^Accom- 

 plishment of first expedition 133 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 PEARY'S LATER VOYAGES. 



Pushing farther north each time — Journeys of 1896 and later — Achievement of the record 

 of 87 degrees north latitude — Lands explored and geographic observations made — 

 Hope always of at last achieving the pole 143 



CHAPTER XIV. 



TROUBLES OF THE POLAR EXPLORER. 



Dangers the lure of the adventurous — Habits of Eskimo dogs — An exciting and humorous 



description of the crankiness of these arctic animals — Explorers assailed by hunger 



and weariness — Shooting gatne for food — Thrilling experiences of a party of starving 



hunters 148 



