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| the five flags at the pole | Frontispiece. |
| Facing Page | |
| portrait of robert e. peary in his actual north pole costume | viii |
| stellar projection, showing the relation of the polar sea to the various continents and the route of the expedition | xxxii |
| eskimo dogs of the expedition (246 in all) on small island. etah fjord | 74 |
| captain bartlett and his party (a typical unit division of the expedition) | 140 |
| illumination of the Roosevelt in winter quarters on a moonlight night | 162 |
| a typical example of the difficulties of working sledges over a pressure ridge | 240 |
| crossing a lead on an ice cake as a ferry-boat | 306 |
BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
| Facing Page | |
| george a. wardwell, chief engineer | 16 |
| banks scott, second engineer | 16 |
| robert a. bartlett, master | 16 |
| thomas gushue, mate | 16 |
| charles percy, steward | 16 |
| professor ross g. marvin, assistant | 17 |
| george borup, assistant | 17 |
| donald b. macmillan, assistant | 17 |
| dr. j. w. goodsell, surgeon | 17 |
| snowy owl, cape sheridan | 36 |
| brant goose | 37 |
| sabine's gull | 37 |
| red-throated diver, male and female | 37 |
| king eider, drake | 37 |
| eskimos coming off to the Roosevelt in kayaks | 42 |
| the midnight sun as seen in the whale sound region | 42 |
| eskimo in kayak | 43 |
| the ice-cliffs of hubbard glacier | 52 |
| peary distributing utensils to wives of his hunters at etah | 53 |
| deck scene on the Roosevelt | 53 |
| eskimo mother and child | 60 |
| eskimo children | 61 |
| kudlah, alias "misfortune," with puppies | 61 |
| king eskimo dog | 70 |
| the dog market at cape york | 71 |
| the whale-boat returning to the ship from the walrus hunt | 71 |
| the cape jesup grenadiers | 71 |
| hoisting a walrus to the deck of the Roosevelt | 86 |
| a narwhal killed off cape union, july, 1909. the most northerly specimen ever captured | 87 |
| captain bartlett in the crow's nest | 104 |
| tabular iceberg and floe-ice | 105 |
| the Roosevelt drying out her sails at cape sheridan, september, 1908 | 122 |
| the Roosevelt on september 12, 1908, marie ahnighito peary's birthday | 123 |
| "peary" sledges on board the Roosevelt | 123 |
| view between the Roosevelt and cape columbia | 136 |
| eskimo type of sledge used on journey | 137 |
| "peary" type of sledge | 137 |
| polar bear, arranged by "frozen taxidermy" and photographed by flashlight | 144 |
| family group of peary caribou (Rangifer Pearyi), arranged by "frozen taxidermy" and photographed by flashlight | 145 |
| head of bull musk-ox killed on parry peninsula | 152 |
| herd of musk-oxen rounded up | 153 |
| weesharkoopsi and musk-ox calf | 156 |
| bear killed in clements markham inlet | 156 |
| musk-ox heads in the rigging of the Roosevelt | 157 |
| caribou heads in the rigging of the Roosevelt | 157 |
| crane city, cape columbia, at the time of departure march 1, 1909 | 192 |
| face of the land ice, "glacial fringe," off cape columbia | 193 |
| pinnacle near the shore | 193 |
| typical trail in soft snow (looking backward) | 208 |
| typical view of the ice of the arctic ocean north of grant land | 209 |
| typical camp on the ice | 209 |
| working through an expanse of rough ice | 216 |
| passing through a defile in rough ice | 217 |
| approaching a lead through rough ice | 224 |
| stopped by open water | 225 |
| athletic sports at the lead camp | 232 |
| pickaxing a road through zone of rough ice | 232 |
| a characteristic view of the expedition on the march in fine weather | 233 |
| repairing sledges in camp | 248 |
| marvin taking an observation in a snow shelter | 249 |
| crossing a large lake of young ice, north of 87° | 264 |
| camp at 85° 48´ north, march 22, 1909 | 265 |
| a momentary halt in the lee of a big hummock north of 88° | 265 |
| bartlett and his party ready to start back from 87° 47´ north, april 1, 1909 | 270 |
| cutting blocks of snow for igloos at next to last camp, 89° 25´ north | 271 |
| the halt for lunch in last forced march, 89° 25´ to 89° 57´, showing alcohol stoves in snow shelter | 284 |
| camp morris k. jesup, 89° 57´, april 6 and 7, 1909 | 285 |
| the reconnoitering party at the pole | 288 |
| the double team of dogs used with the reconnoitering sledge at the pole, showing their alertness and good condition | 289 |
| peary with chronometer, sextant, and artificial horizon at the pole | 290 |
| peary taking an observation at the pole, with artificial horizon, in a snow shelter | 290 |
| peary's igloo at camp morris k. jesup, april 6, 1909; the most northerly human habitation in the world | 291 |
| members of the party cheering the stars and stripes at the pole, april 7, 1909 | 294 |
| returning to camp with the flags, april 7, 1909 | 294 |
| the four north pole eskimos | 295 |
| egingwah searching the horizon for land | 298 |
| peary searching the horizon for land | 298 |
| looking toward cape chelyuskin | 299 |
| looking toward spitzbergen | 299 |
| looking toward cape columbia | 299 |
| looking toward bering strait | 299 |
| attempted sounding, april 7, 1909 | 302 |
| actual sounding, five miles south of the pole, april 7, 1909, 1500 fathoms (9000 ft.) no bottom | 303 |
| swinging an ice cake across a lead to form an impromptu bridge | 308 |
| passing over the bridge | 309 |
| sounding | 312 |
| breaking camp. pushing the sledges up to the tired dogs | 312 |
| last camp on the ice on the return | 313 |
| back on the "glacial fringe" | 313 |
| approaching the peaks of cape columbia over the surface of the "glacial fringe" | 318 |
| crane city at cape columbia, on the return | 318 |
| egingwah before starting on the sledge trip | 319 |
| egingwah after the return from the trip | 319 |
| ootah before starting on the sledge trip | 319 |
| ootah after the return from the sledge trip | 319 |
| permanent monument erected at cape columbia to mark point of departure and return of north pole sledge party | 324 |
| peary cairn at cape morris k. jesup as photographed by macmillan and borup | 325 |
| memorial erected to the memory of professor ross g. marvin at cape sheridan | 325 |
| the special great gold medal of the national geographic society of washington | 364 |
| the special great gold medal of the royal geographical society of london | 365 |
Note.—The general plan of illustration is based on an unusually close adherence to the negatives, as giving more interesting and valuable results. Many of the most important pictures are from photographs not retouched in the least, e.g., those facing pages 270, 284, 290, etc. In others the sky-line has been indicated, e.g., those facing pages 208, 271, 299 (top), etc.; but change of no other sort has been made except to remove specks and other similar mechanical defects not widely extended. The color-plates are, of course, exceptions requiring special treatment. The Publishers
