And placed it on top of the Pole.
ROBERT EDWIN PEARY:
DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE.
(1856-)
IMAGINE the sensation which was caused when there suddenly appeared in the newspapers the following telegram:
“April the 6th., 1909. Stars and Stripes nailed to the Pole.
Peary.”
People were astonished and looked amazed. Could it be possible that the North Pole had at last been discovered, after hundreds of years of effort upon the part of numerous adventurers, many of whom had never come back to tell the tale? Was it true that, after twenty-three years of effort, Commander Peary had at last reached the most northern point upon the earth’s surface? Yes, it seemed to be the fact. At last the North Pole had been trod upon by the foot of a white man.