Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1891-A Polar Bear
A polar bear caught by the crew of the Kite
“It was a red-letter occasion when one evening, after we had been fighting the floes for nearly a fortnight, someone announced that a bear was approaching the Kite… In a few minutes I heard a protracted fusillade, and a little later was informed that the bear had been killed. The animal measured seven feet one inch, and his estimated weight was six hundred pounds.” -Robert E. Peary, Northward over the Great Ice, published in 1898
"Polar Bear" credited to Robert E. Peary, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collections
