97
XII THE ICE FIGHT GOES ON 106
XIII CAPE SHERIDAN AT LAST 117
XIV IN WINTER QUARTERS 126
XV THE AUTUMN WORK 134
XVI THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE ARCTIC 143
XVII MUSK-OXEN AT LAST 151
XVIII THE LONG NIGHT 162
XIX THE _Roosevelt's_ NARROW ESCAPE 172
XX CHRISTMAS ON THE _Roosevelt_ 182
XXI ARCTIC ICE SLEDGING AS IT REALLY IS 193
XXII ESSENTIALS THAT BROUGHT SUCCESS 201
XXIII OFF ACROSS THE FROZEN SEA 213
XXIV THE FIRST OPEN WATER 221
XXV SOME OF MY ESKIMOS LOSE THEIR NERVE 230
XXVI BORUP'S FARTHEST NORTH 240
XXVII GOOD-BY TO MARVIN 248
XXVIII WE BREAK ALL RECORDS 255
XXIX BARTLETT REACHES 87 deg. 47' 264
XXX THE FINAL SPURT BEGUN 272
XXXI ONLY ONE DAY FROM THE POLE 280
XXXII WE REACH THE POLE 287
XXXIII GOOD-BY TO THE POLE 302
XXXIV BACK TO LAND AGAIN 314
XXXV LAST DAYS AT CAPE SHERIDAN 325
APPENDIX I 337
APPENDIX II 350
APPENDIX III 363

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THE FIVE FLAGS AT THE POLE _Frontispiece._

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PORTRAIT OF ROBERT E. PEARY IN HIS ACTUAL NORTH POLE COSTUME viii

STELLAR PROJECTION, SHOWING THE RELATION OF THE POLAR SEA TO THE
VARIOUS CONTINENTS AND THE ROUTE OF THE EXPEDITION xxxii

ESKIMO DOGS OF THE EXPEDITION (246 IN ALL) ON SMALL ISLAND.
ETAH FJORD 74

CAPTAIN BARTLETT AND HIS PARTY (A TYPICAL UNIT DIVISION OF THE
EXPEDITION)