360 The National Geographic Magazine 



Peary sends to the club a complete 

 and detailed chart of his newly discov- 

 ered coast and other work, reserving 

 until the completion of his work the 

 nomenclature and its publication. 



Having eliminated the Greenland 

 archipelago as a desirable route to the 



Pole, and no further advance northward 

 being possible until the opening of the 

 season of 1901, Peary decided that his 

 next attempt would be from Cape Hecla, 

 the northern port of Grinnell Land, and 

 from Fort Conger as a base. Deciding 

 thus to winter at Conger, the autumn 



Mrs. Josephine D. Peary 



