Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1908- Sydney: Tender Feelings
“I have a very tender feeling for the picturesque
little town of Sydney. Eight times have I headed north from there on my arctic
quest. My recollections of the town date back to 1868, when I went there with
Captain Jackman in the whaler Eagle, and lay at coal wharves for a
day or two filling the ship with coal for my very first northern voyage, the
summer cruise to Greenland, during which journey the “arctic fever” got
a grip upon me from which I have never recovered.”– Robert E. Peary
in The North Pole, published in 1910
