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Special issue: geographical perspectives on the arctic

Interpreting Captain Bob Bartlett's AGS Notebook Chronicling Significant Parts of Peary's 1908–09 North Pole Expedition

Pages 185-206 | Received 01 Oct 2016, Accepted 01 Oct 2016, Published online: 04 Nov 2019
 

Abstract

A small notebook from the hand of Captain Bob Bartlett, expedition member on Robert E. Peary's 1908–09 quest of the North Pole, sheds light on how the official story of the venture developed. The notebook covers the period March 30 through August 31, 1909. While not the eagerly sought “smoking gun” regarding Peary's claim, the notebook does suggest an important role for Bartlett's writings in helping to provide texture and chronological structure to Peary's accounts. The notebook, written in ink by Bartlett and signed by Captain Bob himself, is held by the American Geographical Society archive, located at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee

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Deirdre C. Stam

Dr. Stam, Trustee of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, is retired from a career in library and information science at Long Island University, Drew University, Catholic University, Syracuse University, and Columbia University; [[email protected]].

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