Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1906- Snowshoe Trek
Snowshoe tracks across a snow field
“When we started it was with Panikpah, lightest of us all and most experienced, in the lead, the few remaining dogs attached to the long broad-runner sledge… We crossed in silence, each man busy with his thoughts and intent upon his snowshoes. Frankly I do not care for more similar experiences. Once started, we could not stop; we could not lift our snowshoes... It was the first and only time in all my arctic work that I felt doubtful as to the outcome…”- Robert E. Peary in Nearest the Pole, published in 1907
"Snowshoe tracks..." by Donald B. MacMillan, 1908-1909, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collections
