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Dateline Battle Harbour, September 1909: Peary Reaches the Pole
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Eskimos coming off to the Roosevelt in Kayaks
1 of 59 		The Roosevelt at Etah
2 of 59 		Eskimo Dogs of the Expedition (246 in all) on small Island, Etah Fjord
3 of 59 		The Roosevelt leaving Etah for Cape Sheridan with Peary in command
4 of 59 		Tabular Iceberg and Flow Ice
5 of 59 		In the Ice at Robeson Channel
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The Roosevelt Nipped by the Ice in Robeson Channel
7 of 59 		The Roosevelt drying her Sails at Cape Sheridan
8 of 59 		A Difficult Corner
9 of 59 		Cases of Supplies and the Three Snow-Covered Box Houses
10 of 59 		View between the Roosevelt and Cape Columbia
11 of 59 		Professor Marvin using an Eighteen-foot whip to drive his Eskimo team at Cape Columbia
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Typical Trail in Soft Snow (looking backward)
13 of 59 		Athletic Sports at the Lead Camp
14 of 59 		Crane City, Cape Columbia, at the time of departure, March 1 1909
15 of 59 		Peary Type of Sledge (12.5 foot long, 7 inches high, with steel shoes 2 inches wide)
16 of 59 		Eskimo Type of Sledge (9.5 feet long, 2 feet wide, 8 inches high, with steel shoes 1.5 inches wide)
17 of 59 		Pressure Ridge at the Edge of the Polar Sea
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