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Late, great geographers.(Robert E. Peary)(Brief Article)
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June 1, 2001
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Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920)
Explorer and Rear Admiral in the US Navy, Peary was (probably) the first to reach the North Pole
For what is Admiral Robert Peary most famous? Peary is most famous for leading the first team to reach the North Pole in April 1909 -- a claim almost universally accepted at the time. He also made several expeditions to the Arctic. His first expedition in 1886 was an ascent of the Greenland Ice Cap. Later, in 1892, he investigated northeast Greenland where he discovered Independence Fjord, and found evidence that Greenland was an ...
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