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 ...

In 1905-06 and again in 1908-09 Peary mounted major expeditions to reach the North Pole. With a custom designed ship, the SS Roosevelt; a team of American assistants; and some 50 Inughuit men, women, ...

In 1909, a young American, Ross Marvin, was helping Robert Peary on his last North Pole expedition. Marvin did not survive. He supposedly fell through a crack in the sea ice and drowned.

In the late nineteenth century, there was only one Earthly frontier left to discover: the North Pole ... One of history’s most driven Pole-seekers, Robert Peary, shocked the world when he ...

In Nicaragua, Peary began to dream of being the one to discover the North Pole. All the while, Robert kept up his courtship with Josephine through six years of far-flung naval assignments ...

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 ...

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 ...

One team that was trying to get to the North Pole first was led by someone from America called Robert Peary. The story goes that Peary became ill on their journey and had to be pulled on a sled.