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The Roosevelt
The Roosevelt left New York to go to Cape Sheridan. -
Oyster Bay
A t Oyster Bay,New York president Theodore Roosevelt came on board to wish them luck. -
Teaching the new men
Matt began teaching the new men the art of dog diving,creating gloo abd survival.At Cape Sheridan. -
Going to the North Pole
The men are goung to the North Pole and each man took one
special possession. -
Bartlett and Borup
Bartlett and Borup left Cape Colubia to make the trail. -
Peary's Command
Henson waited for Peary's command to start the expedition. -
The Big Lead
Matte and Peary ran into a Big Lead that Matte and Peary saw when they came in 2006 -
A Problem
The Eskimos was still be side the Big Lead on March 5 1909.
Matt worked on the sledges. -
Get Acros
On March 11 the Big Lead was frozen over with ice it was -45f,so
the men huried across. -
Truned Back
Ross Morvin turned back on March 26 at 86-38F. -
To Safty
Bartlett kicked out his snow door and he was floating down the Lead
and he got his dogs to saff. -
Bartlrtt Tearned Back
Bartlett turned to go back on April 1.Matt repaired sledges and rested. -
On foot then sledge
Pesry started out on foot in frunt then rode sledge april 2 at midnight. -
Though the ice
On April3 the team came to a lead that was covered in thin ice Matt
drove his sledge over it but the runners broke through but the dog
pulled though. -
35 miles till the top of the world
Peary stoped and calculated 89-25.Only 35 miles till the top of the world. -
We made it
Matt and Peary made it to the North Pole whith thier team of
eskimos on April6 1909 -
Relaksing
The team made it back to Cape Columbia or April 23 1909.
It was the first time they got to relake in 68 days
