North Pole, the story of Robert E. Peary.

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Robert Peary claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole, but his claim was controversial. To a large extent his book explains the man, and why his claim was not fully accepted. It can be read a bit like a detective story as the facts emerge.

Inat the age of 53, Peary was an experienced explorer ready for his final attempt on the Pole/5(11). Robert Peary claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole, but his claim was controversial.

To a large extent his book explains the man, and why his claim was not fully accepted. It can be read a bit like a detective story as North Pole facts emerge. Inat the age of 53, Peary was an experienced explorer ready for his final attempt on the by: Peary's photographs at the North Pole have enough clues to show the angle of the sun, which prove he was at the North Pole.

This book was first published in Peary died in Peary did visit the North Pole.4/5(1). The story of explorer Robert E. Pearys quest for the North Pole, a true Arctic adventure from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of A Night to Remember.

On March 1,only miles of formidable ice separated Robert E. Peary from realizing his lifelong dream of becoming the first man to set foot on the North Pole/5.

The North Pole by Peary Robert E. Seller Glacier Books Published Condition pp, illusts, exlibrary, rebound in a strong plain green cloth binding with gilt titling to spine, binding is bright and c Edition First Edition Item Price £. In this first Breakthrough Book Walter Lord tells the heroic story of Robert E.

Peary and his conquest of the North Pole after six attempts and 22 years of desire and effort. This true story of adventure and discovery describes the dangers of traveling by dog sledge over shifting sea ice and the challenge of 50 degrees below zero cold, when faces are blackened by frostbite and even alcohol freezes solid/5(4).

Robert E. Peary and the Discovery of the North Pole by Robert Edwin Peary avg rating — 0 ratings — published — 2 editions. On the edge of the world -- The North and South poles -- Beginnings -- Earlier explorers -- The early trips -- People of the north -- The Pole -- The Qimmiq, Inuit sled dogs -- Controversy -- The Arctic today Two Americans, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson, were determined to do what no one ever had, reach the North Pole 48 pages: 25 cmPages:   The North Pole Its Discovery in under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Language: English: LoC Class: G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Subject: Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration Subject: North Pole -- Discovery and exploration Subject: Peary, Robert E.

(Robert Edwin), -- Travel -- Arctic regions Category Cited by:   Discoverer of the North Pole; the story of Robert E. Peary Item Preview remove-circle Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Bookplateleaf Internet Archive : True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole by Bruce Henderson places itself within the longstanding debate of who reached the North Pole first: Dr.

Frederick A. Cook or Navy Officer Robert E. Peary. Both claimed to have reached it within one year of each other, Cook in April of and Peary /5. The book is essentially a biography of Frederick Cook and Robert Peary and details their intersecting goals of polar exploration.

The controversy over who actually was first to the north pole still exists today and is essentially a ho hum for most of us today; who cares its cold, snowy, icy and barren/5(47). Peary, Robert E.

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A Negro Explorer At The North Pole []. By Matthew A. Henson. Introduction by Booker T. Washington. Forward presented by Robert E. Peary. In short, Matthew Henson, next to Commander Peary, held and still holds the place of honor in 5/5(1). Robert E. Peary - The North Pole: Its Discovery in Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club (Paperback or Softback) Peary, Robert E.

Published by Wanderlust 4/29/ (). Get this from a library. North Pole: the story of Robert E. Peary. [Tony Simon; Albert Orbaan] -- "Robert E.

Peary had but one goal in life-to reach the North Pole. Against odds that would have discouraged most men and conditions that taxed his physical and mental powers to the utmost, Peary. In his book Ninety Degrees North, polar historian Fergus Fleming describes Peary as "undoubtedly the most driven, possibly the most successful and probably Alma mater: Bowdoin College.

"I HAVE WON OUT AT LAST": PEARY'S NORTH POLE. PEARY, Robert E. The North Pole. London: Hodder & Stoughton, Large octavo, original publisher's green cloth, embossed gilt portrait medallion of Peary on front board, uncut and largely unopened. First trade edition of Peary's fascinating account of his expedition to the North Pole, with large.

Discovery of the North Pole: Dr. Frederick A. Cook's own story of how he reached the North Pole April 21st,and the story of Commander Robert E. Peary's discovery April 6th, / By.

Miller, J. Martin Type. Book Material. Published material. Publication info. Philadelphia, Pa.:G.A. Parker,c Notes. BLUE BOOK Magazine September (Bluebook Pulp - Adventures in Fact & Fiction) The Great North Pole Lie (Proof that Admiral Robert E.

Peary did NOT discover the North Pole. On September 7,readers of the New York Times awakened to a stunning front-page headline: "Peary Discovers the North Pole After Eight Trials in 23 Years." The North Pole was one of the last.Peary was obsessed with the idea of being first to to North Pole.

To prepare for his goal, between andRobert E. Peary led five expeditions to Greenland and Arctic Canada. After departing from New York City on Jaboard the Roosevelt, Peary sledged to within miles of the Pole .THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE in by Robert E Peary and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at