110 EARLY LIFE OF PEARY 



educated in Washington, D. C. As a girl she was fond of outdoor exercise 

 and upon reaching womanhood she was possessed of an uncommonly rugged 

 constitution. She was married to Commander, then Lieutenant Peary, in 

 1888 and first accompanied him on an expedition into the north in 1891. This 

 was when her husband headed the Arctic expedition of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, the trip lasting until September, 1892. She also 

 went with the explorer in 1893, when for two years he devoted himself to 

 explorations in Greenland. On both occasions Mrs. Peary went with her 

 husband as far as the winter quarters in Greenland. 



It was while they were on the last Arctic trip that a baby was born to 

 them. This occurred September 12, 1893, on the northwest coast of Green- 

 land at Bowdoin Bay, Inglefield Gulf, yy degrees 40 minutes of north latitude. 

 The baby was christened Marie Ahnighito Peary, the second name meaning 

 "snow baby." The Eskimos gathered from far and near to see the child and 

 called it the "snow baby" because of the whiteness of its skin. In using the 

 latter appellation they spoke of it as "Ah-Poo-Mik-A-Nin-Ny." 



In addition to Marie, the Pearys have a son, Robert E. Peary, Jr. Mrs. 

 Peary is an honorary member of the Philadelphia Geographical Society and 

 the American Alpine Club, and honorary vice president of the Alaska Geo- 

 graphical Society. Among her writings is a volume entitled "My Arctic 

 Journal," written in 1894, and 'The Snow Baby," published in 1901. 



