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

 
The Halt for Lunch in the Last Forced March, 89 degrees 25 minutes to 89 degrees 57 minutes
55 of 79 		Members of the Party cheering the Stars and Stripes at the Pole, April 7 1909
56 of 79 		The Five Flags at the Pole
57 of 79 		Camp Morris K. Jessup, 89 degrees 57 minutes, April 6 and 7 1909
58 of 79 		The Reconnoitering Party at the Pole
59 of 79 		The Double Team of Dogs used with Reconnoitering Sledge at the Pole
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Peary taking an Observation at the Pole, with Artificial Horizon in a Snow Shelter.
61 of 79 		Actual Sounding, Five Miles South of the Pole, April 1909, 1500 Fathoms (9,000 feet), no Bottom
62 of 79 		Peary's Igloo at Cape Morris K. Jessup, April 6 1909
63 of 79 		Four North Pole Eskimos (from left to right Ootah, Ooqueah, Seeglo, Egingweah)
64 of 79 		Looking toward Cape Columbia
65 of 79 		Swinging an Ice Cake across a Lead to form an impromptu Bridge
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Passing over the Bridge
67 of 79 		Last Camp on the Ice on the Return
68 of 79 		Approaching the Peaks of Cape Columbia on the Return Journey, over the Surface of the Glacial Fringe
69 of 79 		Back on the Glacial Fringe (Land ice of Grant Land near Cape Columbia, April 13 1909)
70 of 79 		Face of the Land Ice, Glacial Fringe off Cape Columbia
71 of 79 		Pinnacle near the Short
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