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, ...

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 ...

On May 6, 1856, Robert E. Peary, who claimed discovery of the North Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. During the early years of the 20th century, the conquest of the North and South poles ...

"The men of prominence are 'among those present' for him" : how and why America's elites made Robert Peary a national icon / Lyle Dick -- Frederick Cook : a reappraisal / Michael F. Robinson -- "The ...

Edited film, directed by Robert Guenette is a documentary about Robert E. Peary's discovery of the North Pole and his competition with Frederick A. Cook. Film employs dramatic recreation on location ...