The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (18133467776)

Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo13amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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The American Museum Journal Vol. XIII FEBRUARY, 1913 No. 2
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ARCTIC EXPLORATION AND THE NEW STEFANSSON EXPEDITION By Robert E. Peary IT becomes more and more an age of doing great things, of directing private, institutional and national wealth into channels for great re- sults, and I am glad because of my keen interest in polar exploration, that some of the great things to be done are still to be found in the fastnesses of the Far North notwithstanding four centuries of interest and pioneer work. Exploration has shifted decade by decade from one continent to another and from the Arctic to the Antarctic. The search for the North Pole was carried on many years before that for the South Pole began. Now both Poles have been attained, together with a large body of scientific fact, geographical and otherwise, brought back by the various exploring parties. The globe about the two Poles has held its mystery guarded most sternly of all the regions of the earth, especially about the North Pole where there is no land and the explorer can proceed in winter and earliest spring only, making hazardous journeys on shifting ice over unfathomed ocean depths. ^Yith all that has been accomplished, many hundred thousands of square miles still remain of the three million square miles of uncharted territory that existed prior to the expedition that resulted in the discovery of the Pole; To complete this exploration, to replace with knowledge the tradition and 51