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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 SPEC- 

 IMEN 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 



WEESHAKUPSI 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 SHELTER 290 



