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Northward: Peary's 1908-09 Expedition
This historic blog follows Robert Peary's 1908-09 North Pole expedition from New York to the North Pole and back. The blog will be updated daily over the next fifteen months using various crew members' journals. You can read about what individuals were experiencing on the Roosevelt and while sledging across the Polar Sea exactly one hundred years ago to the day.
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Expedition blog posts from the last seven days are below. Browse the archives using the menu on the right.
Wind ceased
- 07-02-1909 – Evening
- Robert E. Peary
- Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN
Wind ceased about 2 to 3 this morning, then rain, then cloudy though sun shining on Greenland coast from Repulse Harbor to C. Bryant. Entire ice foot flooded at high tide.
Number of cracks inside the ship
- 07-01-1909 – Evening
- George Wardwell
- Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN
The tidal observations were discontinued last night at twelve oclock so didnt get the temperature today but think it has been about forty above and a strong breeze from the So. West all day.
I don't notice it now
- 06-30-1909 – Evening
- George Wardwell
- Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN
Thirty four above this morning and has only been up to thirty seven today, it has been snowing all day and the wind has been No. East light.
Almost tropical in feeling
- 06-29-1909 – Evening
- Robert E. Peary
- Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN
The warmest day yet, almost tropical in feeling. MacMillan in from Conger soon after breakfast. Captain, Borup, + 5 Esks. left soon after for the Ascent of Mt.
A day of interesting incidents
- 06-28-1909 – Night
- Donald B. MacMillan
- Cape Union, Ellesmere Island, CAN
A day of interesting incidents. On arriving at Cape Frederick VII we found the ice foot entirely gone, the snow had melted leaving a sloping, slippery point terminating into a steep drop into the sea. Looking it over we decided to try it.
Secured the eggs
- 06-27-1909 – Evening
- Robert E. Peary
- Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN
2nd Engr. + Borup found another Knots nest last night, + this afternoon I went with the 2nd + secured the eggs.
Up to forty two
- 06-26-1909 – Evening
- George Wardwell
- Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN
Thirty eight above this morning. it has been up to forty two during the day. It seemed cold for it has been cloudy about all day. I was up over the hill and got a few more fossils, took a gun along but didnt see anything to shoot. There is quite a lot of water running in the valley, almost to the top of my boots and about fifty feet wide where I crossed, narrower and deeper below a little ways.