The little town to which I had returned so many times unsuccessful gave us a royal welcome as the _Roosevelt_ came back to her once more, flying at her mastheads, besides the Stars and Stripes and the ensign of our Canadian hosts and cousins, a flag which never before had entered any port in history, the North Pole flag.
Little more remains to be said.
The victory was due to experience; to the courage, endurance, and devotion of the members of the expedition, who put all there was in them into the work; and to the unswerving faith and loyalty of the officers, members, and friends of the Peary Arctic Club, who furnished the sinews of war, without which nothing could have been accomplished.
FOOTNOTE: [3] Drowned April 10th, returning from 86 deg.

38' N.Lat.
APPENDIX I SUMMARY OF BATHYMETRICAL, TIDAL, AND METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS[4] BY R.A.HARRIS, _Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D.C._ SOUNDINGS .-- Previous to the expeditions of Peary, little was known concerning the depths of that portion of the Arctic Ocean which lies north of Greenland and Grant Land.

In 1876 Markham and Parr at a point nearly north of Cape Joseph Henry, in latitude 83 deg.

20-1/2', and longitude 63 deg.

W., found a depth of 72 fathoms.