record March 24; encountered open lead March 26; crossed 87th parallel March 27; passed American record March 28; encountered open lead March 28; held up by open water March 29; crossed 88th parallel April 2; crossed 89th parallel April 4; North Pole April 6 All returning left North Pole April 7; reached Cape Columbia April 23; arriving on board Roosevelt April 27. The Roosevelt left Cape Sheridan July 18; passed Cape Sabine August 8; left Cape York August 26; arrived at Indian Harbor with all members of the expedition returning in good health, except Professor Ross G. Marvin, unfortunately drowned April 10, when forty-five miles north of Cape Columbia, returning from 86° north latitude in command of the supporting party. "ROBERT E. PEARY." Immediately upon his return to the United States, Peary joined his family at their summer home in Maine, offering to submit his proofs at once to any competent body. The National Geographic Society accepting the offer, pronounced favourably upon his claims. In the meantime, he took no active part in the trend of affairs, but waited quietly for the dust to settle. In November, Dr. Cook cancelled his lecture engagements, and settled down to preparing the long-delayed proofs to be submitted as promised to the University of Copenhagen. This accomplished, he despatched a typewritten copy to the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. After careful deliberation, the University of Copenhagen rendered its verdict to the world, which, summarized in two short words, left the claim of Dr. Frederick A. Cook to the discovery of the North Pole, April 21, 1908, Not Proven. CONCLUSION FOR three and twenty years Robert Edwin Peary has knocked valiantly at the portals of Immortal Fame that Castle Nowhere- whose glistening walls of eternal ice lie shimmering in the brilliant sun; whose jewelled towers and minarets catch the glint of sparkling rainbows. The Gates at last have opened and the banquet hall is set. Wild Arctic melodies fall grandly upon the ear. The cannonade of glaciers thunders a salute. About the festive board stand the heroes of the past, according to their precedence and rank. Hail! ye Iva Bardsen! Hail! ye early Norsemen and ye Danes! There stand the Cabots, John the father, Sebastian the bold son. There Sir Willoughby and Chancellor; and old Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a host of others. There Barentz, there Behring, there Henry Hudson and old Baffin. Three hearty cheers for Von Wrangell, Ross and Parry and brave old Sir John Franklin! Crozier and his men line at attention and salute! Ah! Elisha Kane, the beauty of a noble soul lies written in a gentle face. Francis Hall, thou dreamer, stand forth and welcome the arriving guest. German, Austrian, Norwegian and Italian, stand thou behind the board, lift high the diamond chalice and quaff the limpid draft in honour of the hero, for he comes. In one voice, down the ages goes the cry, "All praise to him who conquers!" and Peary, entering, bows, and takes his seat. EXPLANATION OF TERMS Bay-ice, or young ice, is that which is newly formed on the sea, and consists of two kinds, common bay-ice and pancake ice; the former occurring in smooth, extensive sheets, and the latter in small, circular pieces, with raised edges. Beset the situation of a ship when closely surrounded by ice. Blink. A peculiar brightness of the atmosphere, often assuming an archlike form, which is generally perceptible over ice or land. covered with snow. The blink of land, as well as that over large quantities of ice, is usually of a yellowish cast. Bore. The operation of "boring" through loose ice consists in entering it under a press of sail, and forcing the ship through by separating the masses. Brash-ice is still smaller than drift-ice, and may be considered as the wreck of other kinds of ice. Cache. Literally a hiding-place. The places of deposit of provisions in Arctic travel are so called. A calf is a portion of ice which has been depressed by the same means as a hummock is elevated. It is kept down by some larger mass, from beneath which it shows itself on one side. Drift-ice consists of pieces less than floes, of various shapes and magnitudes. Field-ice, or a field of ice, "is a sheet of ice so extensive that its limits cannot be discerned from the masthead of the ship." Fiord. An abrupt opening in the coastline, admitting the sea. A floe is similar to a field, but smaller, inasmuch as its extent can be seen. Glacier. A mass of ice derived from the atmosphere, sometimes abutting on the sea. Heavy and light are terms attached to ice, distinguishable of its thickness. A hummock is a protuberance raised upon any plane of ice above |