Northward: Peary’s 1908-09 Expedition

Summer solstice

  • 06-22-1909 – Evening
  • Robert E. Peary
  • Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, CAN

The Summer Solstice, midnoon of the Arctic summer, + longest day of the year.
    Snowing all night. Some 3"- 4" on the ice foot his morning. A raw cold morning.
    Koolutinah, + wife, baby + Harrigan came in this morning from Patterson B. bringing one saddle of venison.  

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