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utterly impracticable to reach the North Pole over the 

 ice from the north of Grant Land. Peary's route was 

 considerably to the west of MarkhanTs, and no doubt 

 escaped much of the crushed-up ice encountered by the 

 British, but the fact that the full distance to the Pole 

 was covered in thirty-seven days, on at least eight of 

 which Peary was detained by open water, proves that 

 the methods adopted were incomparably superior. 



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