Secrets of Polar Travel

"Secrets of Polar Travel" by Robert E. (Robert Edwin) Peary, is a helpful handbook about going to the Arctic, written a long time ago. It's all about the tools and ways needed to travel to the North or South Pole successfully. Peary shares what he learned from being in the freezing Arctic. He talks about how to beat tough polar problems and teaches explorers how to live and do well in really cold places. Peary starts by talking about how he got into polar travel and his special way of exploring, called the "Peary System". He says that you have to actually try things out to make good tools and find the best ways to travel. He stresses how important it is to get ready and know about the land and weather. He also explains that the North Pole is different from the South Pole because one is an ocean around land and the other is land around an ocean, and it has different strategies for exploring each.