ILLUSTRATIONS 



"Nearest the Pole": Commander Robert E. Peary 

 Planting the American Flag, Latitude 87* 6', 

 April 21, 1906 (Coloured) .... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Commander Robert E. Peary viii 



Morris K. Jesup ix 



Steward Percy 6 



Dr. Wolf , 6 



Commander Peary 6 



Captain Bartlett 6 



Mr. Marvin 6 



Mate Bartlett ; q 



Chief Engineer Wardwell g 



Matthew Henson q 



"Bo'sun" Murphy g 



The Sailors q 



The Firemen g 



Interior of Peary's Cabin Aboard the "Roosevelt" 12 



A Melville Bay Iceberg 15 



Typical Whale Sound Glacier 15 



Oomunui, the Peculiar Peak at the Entrance of the 



North Star Bay 22 



Coaling at Etah 25 



Transferring Walrus Meat at Etah .... 25 



Th£ Auxiliary S. S. "Erik" in the Harbour op Etah 26 



The Barrier at Cape Collinson 29 



Entering the Smith Sound Ice 36 



Open Water Off Cape Lupton 36 



The Squeeze Near "The Gap" 39 



Bringing Off the "Polaris" Boat from Boat Camp, 



Newman Bay 40 



