Robert E. Peary

AN INUIT MAN WARMS HIS WIFE'S FEET, 1890.

Robert E. Peary, An Inuit man warms his wife’s feet, Greenland, 1880—1890s, National Geographic

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Today in History - May 6 On May 6, 1856, Robert E. Peary, who claimed discovery of the North Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Continue reading. On May 6, 1864, Confederate General James E. Longstreet was seriously wounded, caught in the fire of… https://t.co/IO9H6oOnVz

An aerial view of the U.S. Navy Battle Group Echo underway in formation in the northern Arabian Sea on 1 November 1987. The ships are, from the top, right to left,

Row 1:

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO-145),

USS Leftwich (DD-984),

USS Hoel (DDG-13);

Row 2:

fleet replenishment oiler USS Kansas City (AOR-3),

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52),

USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073);

Row 3:

USS Long Beach (CGN-9),

USS Ranger (CV-61),

USS Missouri (BB-63);

Row 4:

USS Wichita (AOR-1),

USS Gridley (CG-21),

USS Curts (FFG-38);

Row 5

USS Shasta (AE-33),

USS John Young (DD-973) and

USS Buchanan (DDG-14) . USN Image PH3 Wimmer, U.S. Navy

Diary of Robert E. Peary, page 5

Collection XP: Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary Family CollectionSeries: North Pole Diaries

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My life work is [ended - crossed out] accomplished. The thing which it was intended from the beginning that I should do, the thing which I believed could be done, & that I could do, I have done.

I have got the North Pole out of my system.

After 23 yrs. of effort, hard work, disappointments, hardships, privations, more or less suffering & some risks, I have won the last, great, geographical prize, the North Pole, for the credit of the U.S., the Service to which I belong, myself, & my family.

My work is the finish, the cap & the climax, of 300 years of effort, loss of life, & expenditure of millions, by some of the best men of the civilized nations of

“𝗜𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲'𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟬𝘀

Robert E. Peary went to Greenland in 1891 along with his wife, Josephine, and Frederick A. Cook, an explorer who would guide them. Peary wanted to spend time with the isolated tribe known as the "Arctic Highlanders" whom he has made contact with. They liked him and helped him as he explored their land.

During his time there, he snapped photos of their lives and how they survive in such harsh conditions. This photo that Peary took shows how an Inuit man is warming his wife's feet.” - @/historical world

An Inuit man warms his wife’s feet. Greenland, 1880—1890s. Photographer Robert E. Peary / National Geographic

An Inuit man warms up his wife’s feet in Greenland, 1890's. Photo by Robert E. Peary. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdv-tBsN-Dq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Today's Black History Month illustration is of Matthew Henson, the first Black Arctic explorer and a part of the small group considered to be the first to reach the geographic North Pole in 1909.

Matthew Alexander Henson was born in 1866 in Maryland. He was the son of two freeborn Black sharecroppers. When Henson was 4, his father moved the family to Washington DC for better work opportunities. His parents died early on and Henson and his siblings were left with other family members.

When Henson was 11, he left home to find his own way. He walked from DC all the way to Baltimore, Maryland and found work as a cabin boy on the ship Katie Hines. The skipper, Captain Childs, took Henson under his wing and educated him. Also, while being a cabin boy, he travelled to Asia, Africa, and Europe.

After Captain Child passed, he made his way back to Washington DC. In 1887, while working in a store, Henson met Robert E. Peary, who hired him as a valet for his next expedition to Nicaragua. Peary was impressed with Henson’s skills and all around resourcefulness and employed him as an attendant on seven expeditions to the Arctic.

On April 6, 1909, Henson, Peary, and four Inuit guides, Egingwah, Ooqueah, Ootah, and Seeglo, drove their dogsleds to the North Pole. It’s said that Henson arrived alone at what he thought was the North Pole. Peary caught up to him an hour later and refused to accept Henson’s calculation. Peary then chose a different location and called it the North Pole.

When they returned home from the expedition, Peary received most of the accolades for the trip even though Henson was technically first. And despite the accolades, the team faced a lot of skepticism, and Peary had to testify before Congress about the lack of proof of reaching the North Pole.

By order of President Taft, Henson was appointed clerk in the US Customs House in New York City and he also continued to talk about his experiences as an explorer. In 1912, he wrote the book A Negro Explorer at the North Pole. In 1937, when Henson was 70, he was accepted as an honorary member of the highly regarded Explorers Club. A few years later, he and the other members of the North Pole Expedition were awarded a Congressional Medal. In 1947, he worked with Bradley Robinson to write his biography, Dark Companion.

Henson died in NYC in 1955, but was reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery in 1987 at the request of Dr. S. Allen Counter of Harvard University.

I'll be back tomorrow with another illustration and story!

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Robert E. Peary, Members of a group led by Robert E. Peary wave from a spot near the North Pole, 1909

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1943

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1909

Robert E. Peary, marino, científico y explorador estadounidense alcanza, por primera vez en la historia de la humanidad, el Norte geográfico. Partió en esta expedición de exploración, en noviembre del año anterior. (Hace 115 años)

1896

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1814

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1652

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An aerial view of the U.S. Navy Battle Group Echo underway in formation in the northern Arabian Sea on 1 November 1987. The ships are, from the top, right to left, Row 1: USNS Hassayampa (T-AO-145), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Hoel (DDG-13); Row 2: fleet replenishment oiler USS Kansas City (AOR-3), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073); Row 3: USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Missouri (BB-63); Row 4: USS Wichita (AOR-1), USS Gridley (CG-21), USS Curts (FFG-38); Row 5 USS Shasta (AE-33), USS John Young (DD-973) and USS Buchanan (DDG-14) . USN Image PH3 Wimmer, U.S. Navy

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