In Arctic Seas

the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition

By: Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis

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Paperback | 8 December 2011

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Robert Peary (1856 1920) was an American Arctic explorer. For much of the twentieth century, he was for many years credited with being, in 1909, the first man to reach the North Pole, although this has recently been questioned. Born in Cresson, Pennsylvania, Peary graduated from Bowdoin College in 1877 and joined the US Navy in 1881. He began his Arctic expeditions in 1886, exploring Greenland for a number of years in search of a route to the Pole. Published in 1893, this illustrated book consists of two parts. Drawing on the diaries of the expedition's surgeon, Robert Keely, Part I describes the journey that took Peary to Greenland in 1891. Part II uses the journal of the botanist William Meehan to describe the 1892 expedition to bring the exploring party home. The book includes transcripts of the logs of Richard Pike, captain of the Kite on both voyages."

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Preface
The Voyage of the Kite: Introduction
The start
Crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence
First sight of Greenland
A native dance
Farewell to Godhavn
Collapsing of an iceberg
An accident to the ship
Free once more
Herbert Island
A school of white whales
Arctic clothing
Bows and arrows
Ascending the Iron Mountains
At Godhavn once more
The Relief of Peary and the Log of the Kite, etc.
Introduction
The log of the Kite
The Peary relief expedition
The relief expedition
The start
Halifax
First icebergs
Leaving St Johns
Official recognition of the expedition
The Cape York and Nehelumie Eskimos
News of the ship's arrival taken to Mrs Peary
In Smith Sound
Camping on Robertson Bay
The relief expedition makes a reconnoissance of the inland ice, and meets Lieut Peary and Mr Astrup
The Peary party's winter life
The journey over the inland ice
The Kite in trouble
The search for Mr Verhoeff
Leaving McCormick Bay
Godthaar
The Kite's ghost
The Peary-Verhoeff correspondence
Lieut Peary's report
The reception at the Academy of Natural Sciences
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