THE DISCOVERY OF THE POLE 



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the crow's nest, or at the head of a sledge 

 ■division in the field. 



Dr Goodsell, the surgeon of the expe- 

 dition, not only looked after its health 

 .and his own specialty of microscopes, 

 but took his full share of the field work 

 ■of the expedition as well, and was always 

 ready for any work. 



Profs. Marvin and McMillan have se- 

 cured a mass of scientific data, having 

 made all the tidal and most of the field 

 work, and their services were invaluable 

 in every way. 



Borup not only made the record as 

 to the distance traveled during the 

 journey, but to his assistance and ex- 

 pert knowledge of photography is due 

 -what I believe to be the unequalled 

 series of photographs taken by the ex- 

 pedition. 



Henson in the field and Percy as stew- 

 ard, were the same as ever, invaluable 

 in their respective lines. Chief Engi- 

 neer Wardwell, also of the last expedi- 

 tion, aided by his assistant, Scott, kept 

 the machinery up to a high state of effi- 

 ciency and has given the Roosevelt the 

 force and power which enabled her to 

 -negotiate apparently impracticable ice. 



Mr Gushue, the mate, who was in 

 •charge of the Roosevelt during the ab- 

 sence of Captain Bartlett and myself, 

 and Boatswain Murphy, who was put in 

 ■charge of the station at Etah for the re- 

 lief of Cook, were both trustworthy and 

 reliable men, and I count myself fortu- 

 nate in having had them in my service. 



The members of the crew and the fire- 

 men were a distinct improvement over 

 those of the last expedition. Every one 

 •of them was willing and anxious to be of 

 service in every possible way. Connors, 

 who was promoted to be boatswain in 

 the absence of Murphy, proved to be par- 

 ticularly effective. Barnes, seaman, and 

 Wiseman and Jovce, firemen, not only 

 assisted Marvin and McMillan in their 

 tidal meteorological observations on the 

 Roosevelt, but Wiseman and Barnes 

 went into the field with them on their 

 trips to Cape Columbia, and Condon and 

 'Cody covered 1,000 miles hunting and 

 sledging supplies. 



As for my faithful Eskimos, I have 

 left them with ample supplies of dark, 



rich walrus meat and blubber for their 

 winter, with currants, sugar, biscuits, 

 guns, rifles, ammunition, knives, hatchets, 

 traps, etc., and for the splendid four who 

 stood beside me at the pole a boat and 

 tent each to requite them for their energy, 

 and the hardships and toil they under- 

 went to help their friend Peary to the 

 North Pole. 



But all of this — the dearly bought years 

 of experience, the magnificent strength 

 of the Roosevelt, the splendid energy and 

 enthusiasm of my party, the loyal faith- 

 fulness of my Eskimos — would have gone 

 for naught but for the faithful neces- 

 saries of war furnished so loyally by the 

 members of the Peary Arctic Club. And 

 it is no detraction from the living to say 

 that to no single individual has the fine 

 result been more signally due than to my 

 friend the late Morris K. Jesup, the first 

 President of the Club. 



Their assistance has enabled me to 

 tell the last of the great earth stories, the 

 story the world has been waiting to hear 

 for 300 years — the story of the discovery 

 of the North Pole. 



NORTH POLAR MAP 



READERS of this Magazine inter- 

 ested in Polar exploration are re- 

 minded of the map of the Arctic regions 

 compiled by Gilbert H. Grosvenor and 

 published as a supplement to our July, 

 1907, Arctic number. The map shows 

 the routes of the principal North Polar 

 explorers, and gives much historical as 

 well as geographical information. The 

 map is 24 x 24 inches, and in nine colors, 

 the color of the land showing the nation- 

 ality of the pioneer explorer. Copies of 

 the map may be obtained from the 

 National Geographic Society at 25 cents 

 each ; backed with linen, 50 cents. 



To Dr Theodore Le Boutillier, Secre- 

 tary of the Geographical Society of 

 Philadelphia, the National Geographic 

 Magazine is indebted for the interesting 

 views of Greenland printed on pages 877 

 to 891 of this number. The illustrations 

 are from a collection of photographs 

 made by Dr Le Boutillier during several 

 months spent in the Arctic regions some 

 years ago as a member of one of Com- 

 mander Peary's expeditions. 



