Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions

Peary and Astrup gladly climbed onto the stalwart little Kite.

“We got underway and zigzagged up the slope of Dome Mountain for some hours. As I came over the crest and looked forward to the next rounded summit, some two miles distant, I saw moving black objects upon it… I turned and shouted to Astrup, 'The boys are looking for us.' At that moment, however, the members of the other party evidently saw us, and a faint cheer came across the white waste to our ears… I knew there was a ship in the bay… never was meeting more effective or unique… I stepped on board the Kite. My wife’s glad cry of welcome sounded in my ears. The long White March was ended.” - Robert E. Peary in Northward over the “Great Ice”, published in 1898

"The Kite at head of bay" by Emil Diebitsch, 1892-1894, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collections

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