Peary Plans New North Pole Expedition With Depot Strategy
Robert E Peary outlines a plan for a July start using the Roosevelt ship with route adjustments and a northern Greenland depot to extend surveys from Cape Parish toward Independence Bay and beyond The explorer seeks additional funds of 150000 to finish equipment pay crew and cover coal transport while honoring the late Jesup and Peary Arctic Club contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantland
Greenland
Cape Parish
Independence Bay
Polar Sea
Cape Bryant
Cape Morris Jesup
Roosevelt
Point Nose
Polar Expedition Plans From New York to Grantland Coast
The document outlines a July departure from New York bound for the Arctic via Sydney and the Belle Isle Straits. It details route changes, increased sledge coordination, Eskimo assistance, and a focus on Crockerland exploration from Cape Columbia toward the pole using the Smith Sound route as the primary path for a three-party expedition.
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New York
Sydney
C. B
Belle Isle
Davis Straits
Baffin Bay
Smith Sound
Whale Sound
Grantland
Grasian Ring
Cape Columbia
Point Moss
Pole
Arctic Ocean
Cape Morris A
Greenland
Eighty-Fourth Parallel
Crockerland
Cape Colgate
Cape
Thomas Mubbard
Yellowstone Park
Azores
Pearys New Route Thought To Shorten Polar Trek
Extracts describe Peary’s plan to use a motionless ice belt and a favored base at Cape Sheridan to shorten the polar journey toward the pole. He argues the eighty fourth parallel may replace the north coast of Grantland, cutting nearly 100 miles, with sledges and Eskimo dogs as key equipment and hyperborean Inuit as the sledge crew.
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Smith Sound
Pole
Arctic Ocean
Peary
Great Bight
Cape Jesup
Crockerland
Central Polar Sea
Bering Strait
North Atlantic
Cape Morris Jesup
Franz Josef Land
Grantland
Greenl
Polar Sea
Arctic
Cape Sheridan
Greenland
Whale Sound
Household Harmony and Six Year Marriage Reflected
Letters to the Star reveal a wife praising shared duties and personal sacrifice to support her husband while maintaining appearance and home management. A neighbor’s remark hints at perceived youth, while other letters discuss husband’s timely housework and a four leaf clover anecdote.
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So-and-So
Harry Whe
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North Pole
Roose
Jesup
Peary Arctic Club
United States
Supreme Board of Directors
The
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Des Moines
Kansas City
M. A. Pursley
Maur Ace
Main Sts
Russia
America
Brussels
Faille
Cen “Se
Marseilles
Silk
Petticoat
New Browns and Co
Penhagen Blues
Copenhagen
King Philip Mills
Panama
Altman
Tees
Bernheimers
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