ANNOUNCEMENT 



New York, March 30, 1907 



The Peary Arctic Club at a recent meeting resolved unanimously to 

 place the Roosevelt on dry dock for a refitting, and to subsequently tender 

 the same to Commander Peary for a final attempt to be made by him to 

 reach the North Pole. Believing Commander Peary will be successful, 

 the Club has taken this action, and they have every confidence in the 

 gallant and intrepid American, and share in the pride that must animate 

 the American people to see planted at the North Pole the American flag. 



The Peary Arctic Club asks the aid of those who have heretofore con- 

 tributed, as well as the co-operation and aid of all or any who are inter- 

 ested in this patriotic enterprise. The expense of this final expedition it 

 is estimated will be one hundred thousand dollars. 



Morris K. Jesup, President. 



New York, March 30, 1907 

 The fact, as indicated in Mr. Jesup's letter, that the 

 Peary Arctic Club hopes to send out another Polar 

 Expedition the coming summer, will, I trust, be ac- 

 cepted as an excuse for any shortcomings in this 

 volume. 



The writer has, from the day of his return, been 

 under the stress of insistent and incessant demands, 

 and in working and planning for the next campaign, 

 has found it difficult and at times impossible to put 

 this narrative of the compaign just finished, in the 

 shape that would do full justice to himself and his 

 publishers. 



