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THE NORTH POLE 



Pole, April 6, 1909, 413 miles." Below these arms, in 

 a frame covered with glass to protect it from the 

 weather, is a record containing the following: 



PEARY ARCTIC CLUB NORTH POLE EXPEDITION, 1908 



S. S. Roosevelt, 

 June 12th, 1909. 

 This monument marks the point of 

 departure and return of the sledge 

 expedition of the Peary Arctic Club, 

 which in the spring of 1909 attained 

 the North Pole. 



The members of the expedition 

 taking part in the sledge work were 

 Peary, Bartlett, Goodsell, Marvin, 1 

 MacMillan, Borup, Henson. 



The various sledge divisions left 

 here February 28th and March 1st, 

 and returned from March 18th to 

 April 23rd. 



The Club's Steamer Roosevelt win- 

 tered at C. Sheridan, 73 miles east of 

 here. 



R. E. Peaby, U. S. N. 



Commander, R. E. Peary, U. S. N., 



Comdg. Expedition. 

 Captain R. A. Bartlett, Master of 



Roosevelt. 

 Chief Engr. George A. Wardwell. 

 Surgeon J. W. Goodsell. 

 Prof. Ross G. Marvin, Assistant. 

 Prof. D. B. McMillan, 

 George Borup, 

 M. A. Henson, 

 Charles Percy, Steward. 

 Mate Thomas Gushue. 

 Bosun John Connors. 

 Seaman John Coadey. 

 John Barnes. 

 Dennis Murphy. 

 George Percy. 

 2nd Engr. Banks Scott. 

 Fireman James Bently. 

 Patrick Joyce. 

 Patrick Skeans. 

 John Wiseman. 



browned April 10th, returning from 86° 38' N. Lat. 



On the 18th MacMillan and Borup with five 

 Eskimos and six sledges had departed for the Green- 

 land coast to establish depots of supplies in case my 

 party should be obliged to make its landing there 

 as in 1906, and also to make tidal readings at Cape 

 Morris Jesup. I, therefore, at once started two Eski- 

 mos off for Greenland with a sounding apparatus and 

 a letter informing MacMillan and Borup of our final 

 success. It had been the plan to have Bartlett make 



