General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. A Peary survivor, Arctic area

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. A Peary survivor, Arctic area

1953

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MS Several natives greeting old Eskimo. (OOTAH) CU Old Eskimo receiving a medal. Mr. Davids & Egan. MS Eskimo shaking hands with naval officers & civilians. MS Man (in foul weather gear) handing box to Eskimo. CU Same. HA CU USAF officer (Furbish) holding framed picture of group in Peary's expedition. MS Navy officer looking at medal pinned on old Eskimo. CU Eskimo looking at his medal. MS Eskimo waving goodbye to Navy officers and Army officers.

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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...