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Peary Expedition to Greenland (1895); Peary Expedition to Greenland (5th : 1895); Peary Relief Expedition to Arctic
event: 1895
To collect specimens for Departments of Birds and Mammals; objects from Eskimo tribes, and to rescue Peary. With funding from Morris K. Jesup, Josephine Peary was able to procure a ship to get Peary and his crew from Greenland. They transported two pieces of the Cape York Meteorite to New York: "The Woman" and "The Dog".
Ship: the Kite
Department: Department of Mamals and Birds; And others?
Sponsors: American Geographical Society; AMNH; and various sources in Philadelphia
Sources: AMNH Ann. Rept. No. 27, 1895, pp. 11-12, No. 28, 1896, P. 15. Robert Peary at the North Pole, Report by Davies, T. D. et al., 1989