Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
The North Pole - March 22nd, 1909 : Tortuous Going
A view of the dogs from the driver's perspective
"The next march, on the 22d, was a fair one of not less than fifteen miles. The going was at first tortuous, over rough, heavy ice, which taxed the sledges, dogs, and drivers to the utmost; then we struck a direct line across large and level floes. At the end of this march I found that Bartlett and one of his men had already left; but Henson and his party were in their igloo. Ooqueah, of Bartlett's party, whose sledge had broken down the day before, was also in camp. I turned Marvin's sledge over to Ooqueah, so that Bartlett should have no further hindrance in his work of pioneering, and started him and Henson's party off. The damaged sledge I turned over to Marvin, giving him a light load. We were not without our difficulties at this period of the journey, but our plan was working smoothly and we were all hopeful and in excellent spirits."- Robert E. Peary in The North Pole, published in 1910
"Dogs in front of sledge on trail" by Donald B. MacMillan, 1909, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collections
