Battle Harbour National Historic Site
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Dateline Battle Harbour, September 1909: Peary Reaches the Pole
Location: Arctic region

 
Repairing sledges in Camp, South of 85 degrees
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Approaching a Lead through Rough Ice
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Captain Bartlett and his Party (Danikpah, Harrigan, Ooqueah, Bartlett)
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Camp at 85 degrees 48 minutes North, March 22 1909
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Pickaxing a Road through Zone of Rough Ice
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A Narrow Escape
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Crossing a Lead on an Ice-cake as a Ferry-boat
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Bob Bartlett, Captain
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Bartlett and his Party ready to start back from 87 degrees 47 minutes North, April 1 1909
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Robert E. Peary, Commander
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Matthew A. Henson (he went to the Pole with Peary)
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The Four Eskimos who went with Peary to the Pole
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King Eskimo Dog
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Lifting the 500-lb. Load over a Pressure Ridge
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Working Sledges Over a Pressure Ridge
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Passing through a Defile in Rough Ice
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A Momentary Halt in the Lee of a big Hummock, North of 88 degrees
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Cutting Blocks of Snow for Igloos at the next to last Camp, 89 degrees 25 minutes North
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