Peary

Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
Historical Examples

A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan
Under Arctic Ice H.G. Winter
My Attainment of the Pole Frederick A. Cook
Under Arctic Ice H.G. Winter
My Attainment of the Pole Frederick A. Cook
Under Arctic Ice H.G. Winter
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 36, July 15, 1897 Various
Where We Live Emilie Van Beil Jacobs
Modern Americans Chester Sanford
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A. Henson

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Robert Edwin. 1856–1920, US arctic explorer, generally regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1909)

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