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turned so many times unsuccessful gave us a royal 

 welcome as the Roosevelt came back to her once more, 

 flying at her mastheads, besides the Stars and Stripes 

 and the ensign of our Canadian hosts and cousins, a 

 flag which never before had entered any port in 

 history, the North Pole flag. 



Little more remains to be said. 



The victory was due to experience; to the courage, 

 endurance, and devotion of the members of the expedi- 

 tion, who put all there was in them into the work; 

 and to the unswerving faith and loyalty of the officers, 

 members, and friends of the Peary Arctic Club, who 

 furnished the sinews of war, without which nothing 

 could have been accomplished. 



