Battle Harbour National Historic Site
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Dateline Battle Harbour, September 1909: Peary Reaches the Pole

 
A Field Party and its Bag (Porter Bay)
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Musk-ox Meat (dogs, sledge, hunter)
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Bear killed in Clements Markham Inlet, October 1908
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Surveyiing Clements Markham Inlet
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Professor Marvin using an Eighteen-foot whip to drive his Eskimo team at Cape Columbia
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Typical Trail in Soft Snow (looking backward)
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Athletic Sports at the Lead Camp
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Crane City, Cape Columbia, at the time of departure, March 1 1909
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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)
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Pressure Ridge at the Edge of the Polar Sea
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Sledging on the Polar Sea
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Stopped by Open Water South of 85 degrees
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The Midnight Sun as seen in the Whale Sound Region
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The Last Glimpse of the Sun
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Working through an Expanse of Rough Ice
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A Characteristic View of the Expedition on the March in Fine Weather
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A Standard Team of Eskimo Dogs
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