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 deg. 264
CAMP AT 85 deg. 48' NORTH, MARCH 22, 1909 265
A MOMENTARY HALT IN THE LEE OF A BIG HUMMOCK NORTH OF 88 deg. 265
BARTLETT AND HIS PARTY READY TO START BACK FROM 87 deg. 47' NORTH,
APRIL 1, 1909 270
CUTTING BLOCKS OF SNOW FOR IGLOOS AT NEXT TO LAST CAMP,
89 deg. 25' NORTH 271
THE HALT FOR LUNCH IN LAST FORCED MARCH, 89 deg. 25' TO 89 deg. 57',
SHOWING ALCOHOL STOVES IN SNOW SHELTER 284
CAMP MORRIS K. JESUP, 89 deg. 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