(Bmetai Dubbara (fruition 



THE NORTH POLE 



ITS DISCOVERY IN 1909 UNDER THE 



AUSPICES OF THE PEARY 



ARCTIC CLUB 



BY 



ROBERT E. PEARY 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



AND A FOREWORD BY 



GILBERT H. GROSVENOR 



DIRECTOR AND EDITOR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCING PHOTOGRAPHIC 



ENLARGEMENTS COLORED BY HAND; ONE HUNDRED 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE, FROM 



PHOTOGRAPHS; AND WITH A MAP IN 



COLORS BY GILBERT H. 



GROSVENOR 



NEW YORK 



FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY 



1910 



