In 1899 Robert Peary, exploring northern Greenland in search of the North Pole, lost seven toes to frostbite but refused to cut his exploration short to seek treatment. When his wife learned of his condition, she and their seven-year-old daughter set off in July 1900 to find Peary and persuade him to come home. The 1901 expedition documented in this fascinating new book was organized to deliver supplies to Peary and to search for his wife and child. The book comprises the annotated diaries and photographs of two participants in the expedition, Clarence Wyckoff and Louis Bement, close friends from Ithaca, New York who paid to join the voyage.
- ISBN10 0826328105
- ISBN13 9780826328106
- Publish Date 1 September 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 October 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of New Mexico Press
- Edition Annotated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Language English