Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1902- Cape Hecla: Belly Deep in Snow
Map of Fort Conger to 84 North
“On the morning of April 6th I left Crozier Island, and a few hours later, at the point of Cape Hecla, we swung our sledges sharply to the right and climbed over and down the parapet of the ice-foot on to the polar pack. As the sledges plunged down from the ice-foot their noses were buried out sight, the dogs wallowed belly deep in snow, and we began our struggle due northward… We were now due north to Hecla, and I estimated we had made some six miles, perhaps seven, perhaps only five.” - Robert E. Peary in Nearest the Pole, published in 1907
"Map of Fort Conger to 84 North" by TerraMetrics, 2007, Google Earth
