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National Geographic : 1920 Apr
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1-14 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE First. Peary's supporting par ties placed him at nearly the 88th i = " parallel. Second. The observations at this point were taken and signed by d--= Captain Bartlett, of the Roosevelt. Third. From this point on Peary : had five well-provisioned sledges, five of the best men of 25, 48 of the best dogs of 250, and only 120 miles to go. Fourth. The trail to land was - well marked and broken ends knit o together by the retreat of the vari ous divisions. •< - Fifth. All expeditions for a half century have double-marched and even triple-marched on the S.. return trip. How often have I heard the as + , sertion that Peary told none of his w. c- men that he had reached the Pole H. until he learned of Dr. Cook's attainment! Far up on the north , a= ern shores of Grant Land, at the edge of the Polar Sea, there stands d a cairn, Peary's announcement of the attainment of his life's work, built there twelve weeks before we - s reached civilization. He did not ov; forget his men. The names not only of his assistants, but of every man on board the Roosevelt, are S - written there and placed under S glass as a protection against the - 2 weather. j PEARY DELAYS NEWS OF IIIS TRIUMPH IN ORDER TO '", , " Upon our arrival ;at Etah, sev eral weeks later, Dr. Cook's two 'f.. Eskimo dog drivers, E-took-a shoo and Ah-pellah, came on a board and told us that in company with Cook they had been living S down in Jones Sound for nearly - i a year, and that at no time had ,2 they been farther north than a - spot which they indicated on the S,, map close to the northern shores 45 of Axel Heiberg Land, distant 'U 5000 miles from the Pole. E- Naturally eager to steam south ward to proclaim to the world the *- -. news of his discovery after so
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