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Peary

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


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He recounted his 23 years with Peary in the Arctic in A Negro Explorer at the North Pole, published in 1912 by Frederick Stokes, New York, and containing a foreword by Peary and an introduction by Booker T.
Peary sacrificed 23 years of his life in various attempts to achieve his ultimate ambition, losing eight of his toes in the process, but, in 1909 he finally made it after a journey of just 37 days.
And the dogs we used were the same breed as Peary had used--the incredible Canadian Eskimo Dog.
 
 
 
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