Description: Map of the North Polar region with expeditions from 1850-1909 indicated. Shows the site of the sinking of the Jeanette and the date that Peary became the first person to reach the North Pole. Source: The Manitoba Free Press, The Free Press Almanac Encyclopedia and Atlas (New York, NY: C. S. Hammond & Co., 1912) 126 Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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