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3 days ago · In 1988, the National Geographic Society re-examined Peary’s evidence and concluded he never proved his claim and that he knew he might have fallen short of the Pole. Cook’s claim, since his ...
Jun 20, 2024 · American Robert E. Peary started working toward his polar expeditions in 1891–92 and 1893–95, when he made two long journeys across northwestern Greenland, discovering the largely ice-free Peary Land.
11 hours ago · In 1909 Robert Peary, a white naval officer, and Matthew Henson, an African American son of sharecroppers, survived ice storms, back-breaking marches and sheer exhaustion to plant the Stars and Stripes at the north pole. But once the pair set foot back on American soil, the gravity of Jim Crow segregation reasserted itself.
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Jun 10, 2024 · For many years, the credit was given to Robert Peary, a US Navy engineer who claimed to have reached the pole on April 6, 1909. Accompanied by Matthew Henson and four Inuit men, Peary’s expedition was hailed as a groundbreaking achievement.
May 31, 2024 · In My Arctic Journey: A Year among Ice-Fields and Eskimos (1894), Josephine Diebitsch-Peary documents her experiences during the North Greenland Expedition of 1891–92, which began ominously when her husband, the famed Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, broke his leg aboard the Kite and was carried to the expedition headquarters near the mouth ...
Jun 17, 2024 · On Sept. 6, 1909, there were two important events that took place that caught the eye of the African Americans in Alexandria. One event was that a telegram by two explorers, Robert Peary and ...
Jun 6, 2024 · On 25 August 1909, even before Frederick Cook had been able to cable his story to New York, Robert Peary, just back from 'the Pole' himself, had rooted out Cook’s Inughuit companions at Etah on...
