1
The North Pole, by Robert E. Peary
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The North Pole, by Robert E. Peary This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
Author: Robert E. Peary
Release Date: August 3, 2006 [EBook #18975]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NORTH POLE ***
Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
THE NORTH POLE
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
[Illustration: THE FIVE FLAGS AT THE POLE
LEFT TO RIGHT
1. Navy League--Ooqueah 2. D. K. E. Fraternity--Ootah 3. Polar Flag Carried 15 Years--Henson 4. D. A. R. Peace Flag--Egingwah 5. Red Cross Flag--Seegloo]
THE NORTH POLE
ITS DISCOVERY IN 1909 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PEARY ARCTIC CLUB
BY
ROBERT E. PEARY
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
AND A FOREWORD BY GILBERT H. GROSVENOR DIRECTOR AND EDITOR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
[Illustration]
GREENWOOD PRESS, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Originally published in 1910 by Frederick A. Stokes Co.
First Greenwood Reprinting, 1968
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 68-55210
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO MY WIFE
INTRODUCTION
SOME years ago