In the book To The End of The Earth, Tom Avery depicted how the legendary early 1900 adventurer Robert Peary pioneered the expeditions to the North Pole.
To prepare for the second try after the first failure in 1902, Peary developed a completely new travel strategy, called Peary System. The Party would be splitted into three, a pioneer division to break the trail and build igloos, support divisions following on twenty four hours behind, ferrying supplies to those in front, and a small, light-weighted polar division concerving its energy at the rear.
The real benefit of the Peary System was the load was always relatively light, therefore the dog team can travel much faster than they had on Peary's previous attempts.
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