Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1893- New York: A Strange
Black Craft
Peary lengthened his voyage north by stopping at three cities. His aim was not only to pick up supplies, but to garner attention and support from the crowds of friends and well-wishers. The support base helped to fund later expeditions.
“Two days later, the observer at Sandy Hook saw a strange black craft steaming up from the southward, and passing through the lower bay. With all her bunting flung out, the Falcon pointed her black nose towards one of the Brooklyn wharves, in the shadow of the great bridge, and late in the afternoon was again fast with the mooring lines.” - Robert E. Peary, Northward over the Great Ice, published in 1898
