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author: American Museum of Natural History

Peary Arctic Expedition (1896); Peary Expedition to Greenland (6th : 1896); Peary Expedition of 1896
event: 1896 Summer
To collect costumes and objects from Eskimo tribes and acquire meteorite "Ahnighito" which was unsuccessful.
Personnel: Peary, R.E., leader and "a party of scientists"
Department: Departments of Birds and Mammals, and Geology, Mineralogy etc., and Anthropology. Where did "party of scientists" come from? The Museum or maybe another institution?
Sponsors: Various: American Museum of Natural History (a Trusrtee provided the major amount), U.S Navy, the American Geographic Society, and sources in Philadelphia
Sources: AMNH Annual Report No. 28, 1896, p.23; Logbook on board S.S. Hope, and see also 1985, Peary