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This richly illustrated book takes a different angle on Robert E. Peary’s North Pole expedition. By shifting the focus away from the unanswerable question of
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Pages: 65
Authors: Daniel E. Harmon
Categories: Arctic regions
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Examines the life and adventures of American explorer Robert Peary, focusing on his attempts to be the first man to reach the North Pole in the early twentieth
Matthew Henson
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Pages: 134
Authors: Kathleen Olmstead
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African American explorer Matthew Henson had been traveling with Robert E. Peary and his team in the arctic by dog sled for weeks. The temperature was almost si
Ninety Degrees North
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The author of Barrow’s Boys offers a fascinating look at the exploration of the Arctic in the nineteenth century. Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yor
The Arctic Grail
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Scores of nineteenth-century expeditions battled savage cold, relentless ice and winter darkness in pursuit of two great prizes: the quest for the elusive Passa