| Summary: | 342—(13325) THE ' THE PEAR^ d 1901, KE, G LAND The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young naval engineer. Until the Pole was discovered, he made 9 voyages into the Arctic regions. Oh July 4, 1898, Peary sailed from St. John's Newfoundland, in a ship called the Windward, one of the vessels here seen. He wintered within 20° of the North Pole. In the summer he rounded the end of the group of islands north of Greenland. The winter of 1901 the party spent in Grinnell Land. On the 16th of May he came within 160 of the pole. Then the party had to turn back. Tn July, 1908, Peary left New York on his eighth voyage. He began his struggle to find hat. 820 N.; Long. 6o° W. the North Pole, a young man. He was no longer you^g^and he determined that this trip should be a successful one. The ship that carried him and his party was named the Roosevelt. After landing in the far north, Peary started on a sledge trip on the 15th of February, 1909. There were 7 members of his party besides 17 Eskimos, 133 dogs, and 19 sledges. The open water held them up for a few days. Then a part of the party turned back and Peary and 5 Eskimos made a dash for the Pole. They had supplies for 40 days and the pick of the dogs. On the 4th of April they were within one degree of the Pole. On the 6th of April, Peary and his Eskimos were at the Pole itself. Here they stayed for 30 hours, raised the United States flap:, and took some photographs. Copyright by The Keystone View Company.
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