One of history’s most driven Pole-seekers, Robert Peary, shocked the world when he announced that his wife Josephine would accompany him on his expedition to Greenland. The world responded ...

In 1909, he claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole, starting a bitter, long-running feud with Admiral Robert Peary. It was a time of exploration races that saw intrepid Americans ...

One of history’s most driven Pole-seekers, Robert Peary, shocked the world when he announced that his wife Josephine would accompany him on his expedition to Greenland. The world responded ...

Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed they discovered the North Pole. AGIP / Rue des Archives / The Granger Collection, New York On September 7, 1909, readers of the New York Times awakened ...

On April 6, 1909, Matthew Henson stood atop the world with Robert Peary as co-discoverer of the North Pole. When Henson descended from the frigid north his reception was distinctly cool, even in ...

Was Robert Peary a Pedophile?: Arctic explorer Robert Peary had troubling relationships with several teenaged Inuit women. Records detail his removal of 13- and 14-year-old girls from their ...

The Olympics had last been staged 1,500 years earlier. In 1909, explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reached the North Pole. It would be November of the same year before the National ...

Captain Bob Bartlett, shipmate and comrade of both Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan, was a steadfast and reliable member of the Arctic expeditions for which he captained the Roosevelt under the ...

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Along the way, we'll see amazing wildlife, get frostbite, and realize how lucky we are not to be man-hauling thousand While on their quest for the North Pole, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson had ...