. Discovery of the North Pole : Dr. Frederick A. Cook's own story of how he reached the North Pole April 21st, 1908, and the story of Commander Robert E. Peary's discovery April 6th, 1909. Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940; Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration; North Pole (Alaska). 348 WONDERS OF ANTARCTIC WORLD small loin cloth is used for indoor wear. Night and day the stone lamps filled with train oil burn in the huts. The Eskimo is superstitious of all things. The long arctic night has driven the fear of darkness into his soul, and he will
. Discovery of the North Pole : Dr. Frederick A. Cook's own story of how he reached the North Pole April 21st, 1908, and the story of Commander Robert E. Peary's discovery April 6th, 1909. Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940; Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration; North Pole (Alaska). 348 WONDERS OF ANTARCTIC WORLD small loin cloth is used for indoor wear. Night and day the stone lamps filled with train oil burn in the huts. The Eskimo is superstitious of all things. The long arctic night has driven the fear of darkness into his soul, and he will not even sleep without a light burning before his eyes. The lamps are so constructed as to burn brightly all night. When they begin to grow dim the Eskimo woman knows that it is morning and time to get up. Cheerless as such a home may seem, it is declared to be quite the opposite. The woman who wakes first in the morning calls out to her neighbor a chal-. THE NORTH POLE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859. Philadelphia, Pa. : G. A. Parker
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