ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



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 PEARY'S IGLOO AT CAMP MORRIS K. JE3UP, APRIL 6, 1909; THE MOST NORTHERLY 



HITMAN HABITATION IN THE WORLD 291 



MEMBERS OP THE PARTY CHEERING THE STARS AND STRIPES AT THE POLE, 



APRIL 7, 1909 294 



RETURNING TO CAMP WITH THE FLAGS, APRIL 7, 1909 29-4 



THE FOUR NORTH POLE ESKIMOS 295 



EGINGWAH SEARCHING THE HORIZON FOR LAND 298 



PEARY SEARCHING THE HORIZON FOR LAND 298 



LOOKING TOWARD CAPE CHELYUSKIN 299 



LOOKING TOWARD SPITZBERGEN 299 



LOOKING TOWARD CAPE COLUMBIA 299 



LOOKING TOWARD BERING STRAIT 299 



ATTEMPTED SOUNDING, APRIL 7, 1909 302 



ACTUAL SOUNDING, FIVE MILES SOUTH OF THE POLE, APRIL 7, 1909, 1500 



FATHOMS (9000 ft.) NO BOTTOM 303 



swinging an ice cake across a lead to form an impromptu bridge . 308 



passing over the bridge 309 



sounding 312 



breaking camp. pushing the sledges up to the tired dogs. . . . 312 



last camp on the ice on the return 313 



back on the " glacial fringe" 313 



approaching the peaks of cape columbia over the surface of the 



"glacial fringe" 318 



crane city at cape columbia, on the return 318 



egingwah before starting on the sledge trip 319 



egingwah after the return from the trip 319 



ootah before starting on the sledge trip 319 



ootah after the return from the sledge trip 319 



permanent monument erected at cape columbia to mark point of 



departure and return of north pole sledge party 324 



peary cairn at cape morris k. jesup as photographed by macmillan 



and borup 325 



memorial erected to the memory of professor ross g. marvin at 



cape sheridan 325 



the special great gold medal of the national geographic society of 



washington 364 



the special great gold medal of the royal geographical society of 



LONDON 365 



Note. — The general plan of illustration is based on an unusually close adherence to the negatives, 

 as giving more interesting and valuable results. Many of the most important pictures are from photo- 

 graphs not retouched in the least, e.g., those facing pages 270, 281, 290, etc. In others the sky-line 

 has been indicated, e.g., those facing pages 208, 271, 299 (top), etc.; but change of no other sort has 

 been made except to remove specks and other similar mechanical defects not widely extended. The 

 color-plates are, of course, exceptions requiring special treatment. The PuBLisrjEua 



