Curtis Limited Edition Race to The Pole Centenary 2009 Sterling Silver Fountain Pen

Curtis Australia Limited Edition Race To The Pole Fountain Pen

The Race to the Pole commemorates 100 years since reaching the North Pole for the first time. Race to the Pole is Number 3 in the Curtis Australia Adventurer Series. Crafted in solid sterling silver, this highly detailed pen celebrates the discovery of the North Pole—an amazing feat. In 1909, after seven expeditions and twenty three years, American Robert Peary and his trusted companion Matthew Henson finally made the Pole. Curtis Australia’s ‘Race to the Pole’ Pen acknowledges the Centenary of this Herculean effort. The detailed design of the ‘Race to the Pole’ pen includes a beautifully worked relief of the SS Roosevelt, Peary’s specially commissioned vessel built to survive the constant pressure of the Arctic ice. Other panels to the barrel illustrate the dog sleds used by the expedition to traverse the ice, and include the names of the four Inuits who also reached the roof of the world. Peary, Henson and their crew were racing against other explorers, most notably Cook, who claimed the prize for himself only to be discredited later by those travelling with him. This is a story of incredible bravery and human endurance. The North Pole is just ice, there is no land mass beneath, which presents a constant threat of becoming stranded on an ice floe. In the bitter unrelenting cold, freezing winds, hunger and frostbite—the dangers compound, making this a remarkable story of determination even today.