title: North Pole Legacy: Black, White, and Eskimo
author:  S. Allen Counter 
description: <div></div><div>&#8220;A poignant and gripping book.&#8221; &#8212;<I>The New York Times Book Review</I><BR></div>
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  # The North Pole
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Robert E. Peary
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * [INTRODUCTION.](nope_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [FOREWORD.](nope_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I. THE PLAN](nope_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. PREPARATIONS](nope_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. THE START](nope_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. UP TO CAPE YORK](nope_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. WELCOME FROM THE ESKIMOS](nope_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. AN ARCTIC OASIS](nope_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. ODD CUSTOMS OF AN ODD PEOPLE](nope_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. GETTING RECRUITS](nope_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. A WALRUS HUNT](nope_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. KNOCKING AT THE GATEWAY TO THE POLE](nope_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. CLOSE QUARTERS WITH THE ICE](nope_split_14.html#1_0_14)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII. THE ICE FIGHT GOES ON](nope