The North Pole / Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

CONTENTS

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chapter		page
	Introduction	vii
	Foreword	xv
I	The Plan	1
II	Preparations	11
III	The Start	25
IV	Up to Cape York	34
V	Welcome from the Eskimos	42
VI	An Arctic Oasis	53
VII	Odd Customs of an Odd People	63
VIII	Getting Recruits	72
IX	A Walrus Hunt	79
X	Knocking at the Gateway to the Pole	88
XI	Close Quarters with the Ice	97
XII	The Ice Fight Goes On	106
XIII	Cape Sheridan at Last	117
XIV	In Winter Quarters	126
XV	The Autumn Work	134
XVI	The Biggest Game in the Arctic	143
XVII	Musk-oxen at Last	151
XVIII	The Long Night	162
XIX	The Roosevelt's Narrow Escape	172
XX	Christmas on the Roosevelt	182
XXI	Arctic Ice Sledging as it Really Is	193
XXII	Essentials that Brought Success	201
XXIII	Off Across the Frozen Sea	213
XXIV	The First Open Water	221
XXV	Some of My Eskimos Lose their Nerve	230
XXVI	Borup's Farthest North	240
XXVII	Good-By to Marvin	248
XXVIII	We Break all Records	255
XXIX	Bartlett Reaches 87° 47´	264
XXX	The Final Spurt Begun	272
XXXI	Only One Day from the Pole	280
XXXII	We Reach the Pole	287
XXXIII	Good-By to the Pole	302