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Measurements of the North Pole Sledge Party

Age, Weight, and Measurements of the Northern Sledge Party, 04/27/1909 (detail)
This document lists and describes Robert E. Peary’s main sledge party which crossed the last 270 miles of ice to the North Pole; it consisted of Peary; Matthew Henson, who assisted Peary throughout nearly 20 years of polar explorations; and four Inuit, Ooqueah, Ootah, Egingwah, and Seegloo. This document is dated April 27, 1909, the day Peary returned to the ship that brought him home.
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