Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1891-McCormick Bay: Looking for A Home
Nearing the end of his journey, Peary looked for a potential home for his party. Originally, he had planned to set up camp on the north shore of Inglefield Gulf. However, the miles of unbroken sea ice, blocking easy passage, changed his plans.
“Again we were defeated by the unbroken ice,
for the winter ice had not yet come out. So the Kite was run into
the inlet a little farther west, known as McCormick Bay, and here my party
had its headquarters for the following year. The site finally selected for
the house was bright with flowes, and there were numerous traces of reindeer,
foxes, and hares.”
-Robert E. Peary, Northward over the Great Ice, published in 1898
