Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Which explorers were first at the North Pole?

Two Americans claimed this record - Frederick Cook in 1908 and Robert Peary in 1909. No one is sure whether either man actually made it to the Pole, but most people think that Peary's claim is strongest.

[Peary didn't go it alone - he took along his friend Matthew Henson and a four-man team of Inuit.]

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