Robert Peary sets down the working system behind his Arctic campaigns: how to build a ship that can survive the ice, how to choose the men, what supplies and equipment to carry, how to navigate the pack, set up winter quarters and dress for extreme cold. Each method, he explains, was tested in the field and discarded if it failed, and he answers critics who doubted fur clothing.
A practical, opinionated look inside the Heroic Age of polar exploration from one of its central figures. Download the free EPUB.