Nearest the Pole
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Robert E. Peary
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Nearest the Pole
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OTB eBook publishing
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9783988260260
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CHF 1.60
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Belletristik
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English
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263
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Excerpt: ?When an expedition starts for distant and mysterious regions for an uncertain length of time, and particularly when its objective point is the frozen heart of the Arctic Circle, it is natural that those who know and are interested in its objects and plans should turn with interest to its personnel and its surroundings and environment while en route to the scene of action. The opening scenes of an Arctic voyage are comparatively familiar to those conversant with Arctic literature. The main features of the play are much the same: A crowded and littered ship, regrets at leaving, confusion, and, if the weather be decent, an effort to get into shape, or, if the weather be bad, a surrender by most of the party to abject misery in cramped quarters. In the present instance, some of these features were entirely absent, and others appeared only in a mild form. Experience and a roomy ship almost completely obviated the lumbering of the decks, beyond the inevitable and inseparable feature of the coal, a portion of which must at first always be carried on deck. Such few things as were dumped on deck at the last moment, were quickly and readily disposed of; and quarters specially arranged for the party and on deck, insured fair room for each member of the expedition.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Nearest the Pole : Commander Robert E. Peary Planting the American Flag, Latitude 87° 6 , April 21, 1906 (Coloured)
Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Commander Robert E. Peary
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Morris K. Jesup
ix
Steward Percy
7
Dr. Wolf
7
Commander Peary
7
Captain Bartlett
7
Mr. Marvin
7
Mate Bartlett
8
Chief Engineer Wardwell
8
Matthew Henson
8
Bo sun
Murphy
8
The Sailors
8
The Firemen
8
Interior of Peary s Cabin Aboard the Roosevelt
13
A Melville Bay Iceberg
14
Typical Whale Sound Glacier
14
Oomunui, the Peculiar Peak at the Entrance of the North Star Bay
23
Coaling at Etah
24
Transferring Walrus Meat at Etah
24
The Auxiliary S. S. Erik in the Harbour of Etah
27
The Barrier at Cape Collinson
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