Conquest of the Last FrontierExploration of North American arctic from Kane's expedition, 1853-55, to Stefansson's expedition, 1913-18. |
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ahead Amundsen Arctic Axel Heiberg Baffin Bay Bartlett berg boat Brainard cache camp Cape Alexander Cape Columbia Cape Sabine captain carried cliffs coast command comrades Conger Cook crew crossed depot discovery dogs drift east Ellesmere Island Eskimo Etah Fiord floe frozen gale gave Gjoa Glacier Greely Greely expedition Greely's Greenland Greenland shore Hall Harbor Hayes Herschel Island hope hundred miles ice foot igloo Inglefield inshore journey Kane Basin Kane expedition Kellett King William Island Lady Franklin Bay land later latitude Lieutenant Littleton Island Lockwood McClintock McGary meat Melville musk ox Nares natives navigation North Pole accomplished northern northwest passage Norwegian officers open water pack party Peary Peary-the North Pole Peary's Polar Sea reached Robeson Channel sailed scurvy ship sledge Smith Sound snow Stefansson Stefansson's three expeditions Strait supplies Sverdrup tion travelers Tyson voyage whaler wind winter young ice