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III. (a) FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF MARVIN'S CERTIFICATE OF MARCH 25, 1909 III. (a) FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF MARVIN'S CERTIFICATE OF MARCH 25, 1909

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IV. FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF BARTLETT'S OBSERVATIONS OF APRIL 1, 1909 IV. FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF BARTLETT'S OBSERVATIONS OF APRIL 1, 1909

V. (a) FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF BARTLETT'S CERTIFICATE OF APRIL 1, 1909 V. (a) FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF BARTLETT'S CERTIFICATE OF APRIL 1, 1909

V. (b) FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF BARTLETT'S CERTIFICATE OF APRIL 1, 1909 V. (b) FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF BARTLETT'S CERTIFICATE OF APRIL 1, 1909

VI. FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF PEARY'S OBSERVATIONS OF APRIL 6, 1909 VI. FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE, OF PEARY'S OBSERVATIONS OF APRIL 6, 1909

APPENDIX III

Report of the sub-committee of the National Geographic Society on Peary's Records, and Some of the Honors Awarded for the Attainment of the Pole.

The Board of Managers of the National Geographic Society at a meeting held at Hubbard Memorial Hall, November 4, 1909, received the following report:

"The sub-committee to which was referred the task of examining the records of Commander Peary in evidence of his having reached the North Pole, beg to report that they have completed their task.

"Commander Peary has submitted to his sub-committee his original journal and record of observations, together with all his instruments and apparatus, and certain of the most important of the scientific results of his expedition. These have been carefully examined by your sub-committee, and they are unanimously of the opinion that Commander Peary reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

"They also feel warranted in stating that the organization, planning, and management of the expedition, its complete success, and its scientific results, reflect the greatest credit on the ability of Commander Robert E. Peary, and render him worthy of the highest honors that the National Geographic Society can bestow upon him."

(Signed) Henry Gannett.[11]
C. M. Chester.[12]
O. H. Tittmann.[13]

The foregoing report was unanimously approved.

Immediately after this action the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:

"Whereas, Commander Robert E. Peary has reached the North Pole, the goal sought for centuries; and

"Whereas, this is the greatest geographical achievement that this society can have opportunity to honor: Therefore

"Resolved, that a special medal be awarded to Commander Peary."

Among the home and foreign honors awarded for the attainment of the pole are the following:

The Special Great Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society of Washington. The Special Gold Medal of the Philadelphia Geographical Society. The Helen Culver Medal of the Chicago Geographical Society. The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from Bowdoin College. The Special Great Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. The Nachtigall Gold Medal of the Imperial German Geographical Society. The King Humbert Gold Medal of the Royal Italian Geographical Society. The Hauer Medal of the Imperial Austrian Geographical Society. The Gold Medal of the Hungarian Geographical Society. The Gold Medal of the Royal Belgian Geographical Society. The Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society of Antwerp.[14] A Special Trophy from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society—a replica in
silver of the ships used by Hudson, Baffin, and Davis. The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the Edinburgh University. Honorary Membership in the Manchester Geographical Society. Honorary Membership in the Royal Netherlands Geographical Society of Amsterdam.

THE SPECIAL GREAT GOLD MEDAL OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

THE SPECIAL GREAT GOLD MEDAL OF
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

(This medal is four inches in diameter)

THE SPECIAL GREAT GOLD MEDAL OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

THE SPECIAL GREAT GOLD MEDAL OF
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. (ACTUAL SIZE)

(Designed by the wife of Captain Robert F. Scott, R. N., Leader of the British South Polar Expeditions of 1901-1904 and 1910-1912)

INDEX Advance, s.s., xxii. Africa, 75. Aground, 113. Ahteah, 131. Ahtetah, 178. Ahwatingwah, 141, 235. Akatingwah, 60. Alarm of fire, 35. Alaska, 344, 345. Aldrich, xxiii. Alert, s.s., 91, 129, 184. Aletah, 117, 141. Alps, 166. American, flag, 30, 294, 296, 335; route, 5. Amundsen, Roald, xxi. Amusements, 109, 181. Andree, xxvi. Angakok, 65. Anniversary Lodge, 130. Anoratok, 55, 76, 333. Antarctic, xx. "Antarctica," 180. "Antarctic Regions, The," 180. Arco, 141, 213, 235. Arctic, Archipelago, 341, 344; Circle, xvi; (crossing the, 36), 53, 79, 186; fisheries, xv; hares, 54, 110, 127, 138, 182, 189, 315; moon, 163; night, 37; Ocean, 4, 49, 193, 216, 337-344. Asia, xvi, 75. Associated Press, 334. Astronomical observations, 211. Astrup, xxix. Atlantic Ocean, xx, xxi, 343. Aurora, 186. Austrian-Hungarian expedition, xxvii.

Back River, xx. Baffin Bay, xxi, xxvii, 3, 88, 90, 341-343. Baffin, William, xxvii. Balch, 180. Bald Head, 33. Balfour, Lord, 365. Banks Land, 346. Barents, William, xv, xxvii. Barnes, John, 23, 167, 326. Barometer reading, 348. Bartlett, Robert, 76. Bartlett, Capt. Robert A., appreciation of, 269; career, 19, 20; decorating the ship, 130; delayed by leads, 308, 312; departure from Roosevelt, 213; despatch to his mother, 334; dynamiting the ice, 115; facsimile of certificate, 360, 361; facsimile of observations, 359; farthest north, 267; hunting, 141, 179, 182, 191; in crow's nest, 105; master of the Roosevelt, 23, 111, 326; pioneer division, 203, 205, 214, 237, 241; returning to Roosevelt, 325; sounding, 262; taking observations, 266, 268; trail, 310, 314. Bartlett, Capt. Sam, 76. Bathurst, Cape, 345. Battle Harbor, 332, 334. Bay, Baffin, xxi, xxvii, 3, 88, 90, 341-343; Black Cliffs, 130, 179; Cape York, 55; Casco, 27; Dobbin, 99; Independence, xxix, 151, 276; James Ross, 143, 144, 155, 179; Lady Franklin, 78, 329; Lincoln, 98, 106, 110, 112, 117, 118; McCormick, xxix; Melville, 36, 37, 39, 40, 53; Newman, 188; North Star, 38, 73; of Fundy, 168; of Naples, 74; Oyster, 26; Porter, 118, 120, 134, 140, 142, 143, 276; Princess Marie, 100; Robertson, 74; Teplitz, 345. Beaufort Sea, 345. Beaumont Island, 337. Beechey, Cape, 90. Belknap, Cape, 134, 138, 188. Benedict, H. H., 31. Bennett Island, 344-346 Bently, James, 23, 326 Bering, Sea, xvii, xx, xxi; Strait, xxi, 290. "Big Lead," crossed, 232, 314; described, 197, 237; Eskimos' fear of, 191. Black Cape, 118, 119; River, 120. Black Cliffs Bay, 130, 179. Blackwell's Island, 25, 26. Booth, Felix, xviii, xix. Boothia Felix, xix. Borchgrevink, 180. Borup, Col., 29. Borup, George, account of walrus hunting, 80-87; added to expedition, 21; built monument at Cape Columbia, 325; captured musk-ox calf, 330; career, 22; celebrating, 184; delayed by leads, 312; deposited cache at Cape Fanshawe Martin, 325; division, 203, 214, 237, 241; farthest north, 243; hunting, 141, 156, 179, 188, 330; return to Roosevelt, 325; taking observations, 168; turned back, 243. Bowdoin College, xxviii, 296; degree of ll.d., 365. Box houses, 123, 177, 178, 188. Brainard, xxiii, 337. Breton, Cape, 28. Brevoort, Cape, 188; Island, 90. Bridgman, Herbert L., 16,

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