Peat
a deposit formed in bogs by the decay of vegetable matter, frequently September, 1901, 1901, word was received from consisting almost entirely of sphagnum, Peary that he had rounded the Greenland or bog moss. In composition it differs archipelago (the extreme N. land from coal only in the relative proportion THE "ROOSEVELT" known), and reached lat. 83° 50' N. His of its constituents. It forms extensive final expedition in the ship "Roosevelt" left New York in July, 1908. He left his winter base at Cape Sheridan in February, and reached the Pole April 6, 1909, with one of his crew and four Eskimos.
In 1911 Peary received the thanks of Congress and was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. Many of the principal scientific and geographical societies of Great Britain and the Continent awarded medals to Admiral Peary for his discoveries. He died in 1920.