Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions

“At midnight of January 6th we were stumbling through the dilapidated door of Fort Conger. A little remaining oil enabled me, by the light of our sledge cooker, to find the range and the stove in the officer’s quarters, and, after some difficulty, fires were started in both. When this was accomplished, a suspicious 'wooden' feeling in the right foot led me to have my kamiks pulled off, and I found, to my annoyance, that both feet were frosted.” - Robert E. Peary in Nearest the Pole, published in 1907
(The frostbite was severe and, in March of the same year, a doctor amputated Peary’s affected toes.)s

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