Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1906- March 8th, 1906: Water Smoke
“The
8th was a fine day with some wind from the northwest... The going
was comparatively good on this march, except where the movement of ice
had faulted the trail. Two more sledges were broken and held together just
long enough to reach camp. At this camp again the floe on which my igloos
were built cracked under the terrific pressure, and the igloos shook and
trembled as if by an earthquake shock… an early start
was made on the 9th in spite of heavy northwest wind and disagreeable drift.” -
Robert E. Peary in Nearest the Pole, published in 1907
