Robert Peary

Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (/ˈpɪəri/; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and United States Naval 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. He completed this with fellow explorer Matthew Henson, who is thought to have reached what they believed to be the North Pole narrowly before Peary.

Robert Peary

Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (/ˈpɪəri/; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and United States Naval 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. He completed this with fellow explorer Matthew Henson, who is thought to have reached what they believed to be the North Pole narrowly before Peary.