Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
NEAREST THE POLE
THE GEOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY
The Opening of Tibet, By Perceval Landon
Flashlights in the Jungle, By C. G. Schillings
The Passing of Korea, By Homer B. Hulbert
Fighting the Polar Ice, By Anthony Fiala
Nearest the Pole, By R. E. Peary, U. S. N.
“NEAREST THE POLE” COMMANDER ROBERT E. PEARY PLANTING THE AMERICAN FLAG LATITUDE 87° 6′, APRIL 21, 1906 Painted by Albert Operti, from photographs