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Hace 3 días · The possibility in the back of some Canadian minds was that that country might well have been the United States, whose explorer, Robert Peary, had traversed parts of northern Ellesmere Island. On Nov. 11, 1930, the Norwegian government formally relinquished its claim to the land explored by Sverdrup, and at the same time Canada paid Sverdrup personally for his original maps and documents ...
Hace 5 días · In My Arctic Journey: A Year among Ice-Fields and Eskimos (1894), Josephine Diebitsch-Peary documents her experiences during the North Greenland Expedition of 1891–92, which began ominously when her husband, the famed Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, broke his leg aboard the Kite and was carried to the expedition headquarters near the mouth of MacCormick Fjord.
Hace 5 días · The Wildlife Conservation Society has shared 21 images to the public as a sampling of the collection, which include photos of now-extinct species, buildings no longer standing, and even Eskimo dogs...
Hace 4 días · Before then, the two most significant penetrations of the Greenland interior had been those of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in 1883, and Robert Peary in 1886. Both had set out from Disko Bay on the western coast, and had travelled about 160 kilometres (100 mi) eastward before turning back.
Hace 3 días · Luego vendría la aparición de los famosos libros de Life, dedicado cada uno a algún país o lugar extraordinario de este mundo, lo que me permitió llegar caminando al Polo Norte el 6 de abril de 1909, junto a Robert Peary y Matthew Henson y cuatro esquimales que llegaban por primera vez también en una excursión que había comenzado un 6 de julio de 1908.
Hace 5 días · Modern explorers are now studying in detail what the pioneers revealed in outline. Robert Peary, the Club’s third President, and Matthew Henson “discovered” the North Pole in 1909.
Hace 7 horas · At age of 20, Henson was discovered by an explorer named Robert E. Peary, who was impressed with the breadth of his geographical knowledge and experience. As a result, Peary invited Henson to join him for an expedition designed to investigate the feasibility of a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Nicaragua.
