Among the home and foreign honors awarded for the attainment of the pole are the following:
| The Special Great Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society of Washington. |
| The Special Gold Medal of the Philadelphia Geographical Society. |
| The Helen Culver Medal of the Chicago Geographical Society. |
| The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from Bowdoin College. |
| The Special Great Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. |
| The Nachtigall Gold Medal of the Imperial German Geographical Society. |
| The King Humbert Gold Medal of the Royal Italian Geographical Society. |
| The Hauer Medal of the Imperial Austrian Geographical Society. |
| The Gold Medal of the Hungarian Geographical Society. |
| The Gold Medal of the Royal Belgian Geographical Society. |
| The Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society of Antwerp.[14] |
| A Special Trophy from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society—a replica in silver of the ships used by Hudson, Baffin, and Davis. |
| The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the Edinburgh University. |
| Honorary Membership in the Manchester Geographical Society. |
| Honorary Membership in the Royal Netherlands Geographical Society of Amsterdam. |
THE SPECIAL GREAT GOLD MEDAL OF
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
(This medal is four inches in diameter)
