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Dateline Battle Harbour, September 1909: Peary Reaches the Pole
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Members of the Party cheering the Stars and Stripes at the Pole, April 7 1909
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The Five Flags at the Pole
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Camp Morris K. Jessup, 89 degrees 57 minutes, April 6 and 7 1909
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The Reconnoitering Party at the Pole
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The Double Team of Dogs used with Reconnoitering Sledge at the Pole
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Actual Sounding, Five Miles South of the Pole, April 1909, 1500 Fathoms (9,000 feet), no Bottom
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Peary's Igloo at Cape Morris K. Jessup, April 6 1909
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Looking toward Cape Columbia
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Swinging an Ice Cake across a Lead to form an impromptu Bridge
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Passing over the Bridge
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Last Camp on the Ice on the Return
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Approaching the Peaks of Cape Columbia on the Return Journey, over the Surface of the Glacial Fringe
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Back on the Glacial Fringe (Land ice of Grant Land near Cape Columbia, April 13 1909)
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Face of the Land Ice, Glacial Fringe off Cape Columbia
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Pinnacle near the Short
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Narwhal killed off Cape Union, July 1909 (the most northerly specimen ever captured)
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Indian Harbour, Labrador
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Captain Bartlett in the Crow's Nest
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