Inside the deadliest expedition on Earth, and the bitter smear campaign that erased who won the race.

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. Years later, ...

A week earlier, the New York Herald had printed its own front-page headline: "The North Pole is Discovered by Dr. Frederick A. Cook." Cook, an American explorer who had seemingly returned from the ...

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During the early 20th century, the conquest of the North and South poles became the object of fervent international competition. Teams from U.S., Italy, Norway and Russia vied to be the first to fly ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — When the morning of April 7, 1909 dawned, Matthew Henson checked the temperature outside. It was 29 below zero. Later that day, Henson and the man he worked for, Robert Peary, would ...

It was perhaps the biggest news story of 1909. Or perhaps it’s better said that there were two competitors for the biggest news story of 1909, both of them seeking the same headline. Arctic explorer ...

Today in U.S. 1861 - USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale. 1898 - U.S. at war against Spain. 1906 - Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist. 1972 - Moonwalk in ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The wind was howling, the sun blinding, and the temperature cold enough to chill your bones when the six ...