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Dateline Battle Harbour, September 1909: Peary Reaches the Pole
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A Momentary Halt in the Lee of a big Hummock, North of 88 degrees
73 of 137 		Cutting Blocks of Snow for Igloos at the next to last Camp, 89 degrees 25 minutes North
74 of 137 		The Halt for Lunch in the Last Forced March, 89 degrees 25 minutes to 89 degrees 57 minutes
75 of 137 		Members of the Party cheering the Stars and Stripes at the Pole, April 7 1909
76 of 137 		The Five Flags at the Pole
77 of 137 		Camp Morris K. Jessup, 89 degrees 57 minutes, April 6 and 7 1909
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The Reconnoitering Party at the Pole
79 of 137 		The Double Team of Dogs used with Reconnoitering Sledge at the Pole
80 of 137 		Peary taking an Observation at the Pole, with Artificial Horizon in a Snow Shelter.
81 of 137 		Actual Sounding, Five Miles South of the Pole, April 1909, 1500 Fathoms (9,000 feet), no Bottom
82 of 137 		Peary's Igloo at Cape Morris K. Jessup, April 6 1909
83 of 137 		Four North Pole Eskimos (from left to right Ootah, Ooqueah, Seeglo, Egingweah)
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Looking toward Cape Columbia
85 of 137 		Swinging an Ice Cake across a Lead to form an impromptu Bridge
86 of 137 		Passing over the Bridge
87 of 137 		Last Camp on the Ice on the Return
88 of 137 		Approaching the Peaks of Cape Columbia on the Return Journey, over the Surface of the Glacial Fringe
89 of 137 		Back on the Glacial Fringe (Land ice of Grant Land near Cape Columbia, April 13 1909)
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