Battle Harbour National Historic Site
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Dateline Battle Harbour, September 1909: Peary Reaches the Pole
Location: Arctic region

 
Surveyiing Clements Markham Inlet
19 of 79 		Professor Marvin using an Eighteen-foot whip to drive his Eskimo team at Cape Columbia
20 of 79 		Typical Trail in Soft Snow (looking backward)
21 of 79 		Athletic Sports at the Lead Camp
22 of 79 		Crane City, Cape Columbia, at the time of departure, March 1 1909
23 of 79 		Peary Type of Sledge (12.5 foot long, 7 inches high, with steel shoes 2 inches wide)
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Eskimo Type of Sledge (9.5 feet long, 2 feet wide, 8 inches high, with steel shoes 1.5 inches wide)
25 of 79 		Pressure Ridge at the Edge of the Polar Sea
26 of 79 		Sledging on the Polar Sea
27 of 79 		Stopped by Open Water South of 85 degrees
28 of 79 		The Midnight Sun as seen in the Whale Sound Region
29 of 79 		The Last Glimpse of the Sun
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Working through an Expanse of Rough Ice
31 of 79 		A Characteristic View of the Expedition on the March in Fine Weather
32 of 79 		A Standard Team of Eskimo Dogs
33 of 79 		Typical Camp on the Ice
34 of 79 		Rough Going
35 of 79 		Sounding
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