Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1905- Etah: An Abundance of Supplies
The Erik
“Early Monday morning the Erik veered alongside the Roosevelt and, at five o’clock, the work of transferring the meat, of restowing the Roosevelt’s supplies, and of filling her bunkers and ‘tween-deck space with coal from the Erik, was commenced. This continued during Monday, Tuesday, and till Wednesday at 2 A.M. when the Roosevelt was ready to steam out and begin the struggle for which she was built, the fight with the Arctic ice from Cape Sabine to the northern shore of Grant Land… I had been agreeably surprised to find natives in unusually prosperous condition, with a superfluity of dogs, abundance of meat, and a good supply of skins for clothing. Several of my old friends and acquaintances had died during the last three years, but there were also a number of new babies…”- Robert E. Peary in Nearest the Pole, published in 1907
"Erik at Provision Point" by Donald B. MacMillan, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collections
