Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1905- Bache Peninsula: The Southern Sub-Base
“The Roosevelt gained the open water at Bache Peninsula, and steaming to the bight south of Victoria Head, the northwestern headland of the peninsula, landed a depot of boats, coal, and provisions. The value of this locality for the southern sub-base of an expedition going north by the Smith Sound or 'American' route was immediately apparent to me in 1898, and in any future work should be given preference over Payer harbour. Its advantages are contiguity to a valuable game region, accessibility during any month in the year, and its less changeable and boisterous climate.” - Robert E. Peary in Nearest the Pole, published in 1907
