The Flag that Peary carried to the Pole
Copyright, 1909, by Robert E. Peary
Copyright, 1909, by Benjamin B. Hampton
Pieces cut from its Folds mark all the “Farthest” Northern Points of the Western Hemisphere: 1 and 2 were left at Cape Morris Jesup; 3 at Cape Thomas Hubbard; 4 at Cape Columbia; 5 at Peary’s Farthest North, 1906 (87° 6´), and 6 at the North Pole.
FINAL DASH FOR THE POLE, 1908
Relieved of the mental anxiety which had been his constant companion for months, Peary now hurried his final preparations, and, rejoicing in his good fortune, steamed out of New York harbour, July 6, 1908, in the gallant Roosevelt, with her penants flying bravely to the breeze. Peary, now grown old in Arctic service, sailed to the Great White North, this time to reach his goal.
The Route Taken by Commander Peary in 1908
Courtesy of Benjamin B. Hampton and F. A. Stokes Co.