Northward: Peary’s 1908-09 Expedition

37 cans of milk

  • 05-09-1909 – Evening
  • Robert E. Peary
  • Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN

A disagreeable day, damp melting snow fall nearly all day.
    Sent 2 Eskimos off early with sledge + 8 dogs to begin bringing in the Black Cape cache.
    They returned in evening with 2 cases sugar, 2 cases coffee, 2 cases tea, 1 case + 11 tins milk. 37 cans of milk have been used from this cache in the winter work.
    They also obtained 3 hare just beyond Rawson.

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