Note 1 — Chapter IV · ICE NAVIGATION
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The sixth of the month is a date of rather special interest to the writer. To begin with, it is his birthday. Then it is the day on which the Roosevelt steamed north on the successful quest for the pole; the day on which the pole was reached, and the day on which the wireless message of success was flashed over the world from the bleak Labrador station. Later it was the day on which the writer was made grand officier of the Legion of Honor by the President of France, the day on which he began his efforts for air preparedness for this country, and the day (ninth anniversary of discovery of the pole) on which this country, by the President’s signature, formally entered the greatest of all wars.