Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Published Materials Relating to Polar Explorations, 1888 - 1940

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Published Materials Relating to Polar Explorations, 1888 - 1940

1888-1940

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This series consists of articles, books, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Polar explorations collected by Robert E. Peary and his family members. There are articles and reports relating to Robert E. Peary's Polar expeditions as well as articles and newspaper clippings pertaining to other Polar explorations published in several magazines, journals, and newspapers such as "The New York Times," "The New York Sun," "The Washington Post," "The Geographical Journal," "National Geographic Magazine," and "Hampton's Magazine." Included are newspaper clippings and articles relating to Polar explorers such as Harry Payne Whitney, Otto Sverdrup, Ejnar Mikkelsen, Herschel C. Parker, Fridtjof Nansen, and Morris K. Jesup, Roald Amundsen, and their work.

13 linear feet, 2 linear inches

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Peary, Marie Ahnighito, 1893-1978

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Marie Ahnighito Peary was born in Northwest Greenland on September 12, 1893, to arctic explorer Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary and his wife, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, of Portland, Maine, and Washington, DC. Their daughter became known world-wide as the "Snow Baby," a name given to her by the Greenland natives who had never before seen a white baby. In 1909, when Marie was 16 years old, Admiral Peary became the first white man to lead a successful expedition to the North Pole. In 1917, Marie Peary...

Mikkelsen, Ejnar, 1880-1971

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Sverdrup, Otto Neumann, 1854-1930

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Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928

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While on an Arctic exploration, Amundsen's ship, the Maud, was disabled by a broken propeller off the Siberian coast. He requested assistance from Captain Claude S. Cochran on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear. From the description of Radiograms and telegrams : between Amundsen on the disabled auxiliary schooner Maud and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear, 1921 July 8-19. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30352211 Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer. ...

Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930

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Epithet: Norwegian explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000249 Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, and statesman, was noted for his Arctic expedition of 1893-1896, travelling closer to the North Pole than anyone had reached and using his specially-built vessel "Fram" to demonstrate the revolutionary concept of pack-ice drift. Frederick Sydney Parry was the grandson of Arctic explo...

Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...