Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1893- Cape York
Cape York
“As we neared the northern edge of the bay, the north-east wind filled our fore-and-afters, relieving the engines from the drag of the ship’s spars and masts, the water was as smooth as glass… It was an exhilarating sight to see the white foam rolling backward from the Falcon’s ironclad bow… She had made the passage of Melville Bay in twenty-four hours and fifty minutes, the quickest run on record.” -Robert E. Peary, Northward over the Great Ice, published in 1898
"Icebergs at Cape York" by Donald Baxter MacMillan 1913-1917, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collections
