Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions

The forlorn and wind-swept landscape of Peary's 'Great Ice'

“At six A.M., June 1st, we left our camp at the foot of the morain with the skin of the meat in tow of the new sledge, and taking a diagonal course up the steep moraine slope, began our homeward march. Up the steep landward base of the ice-cap we zigzagged… and we shaped our course for Camp Resolution. Here we slept for five hours… and then went on to Camp Josephine.” - Robert E. Peary in Northward over the “Great Ice”, published in 1898

"The Relentless White Slope of the 'Great Ice'" by Robert E. Peary, Northward over the “Great Ice” Vol. I and II. Frederick a. Stokes Company: New York, 1898.

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