Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorer
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Description: Information and photos about an African-American Arctic adventurer who accompanied Admiral Robert Peary on several expeditions attempting to reach the North Pole.
Virtual Exploration Society - Matthew Hensen Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorer Henson and Peary defy cold death in a race to the North Pole The ground was flat and white and cold. In the distance a mist appeared. The vapors quickly resolved themselves into the exhalations of a team of dogs. Behind the team was pulled a sledge. Behind the sledge was a man. The man called his team to a stop and waved down the other sledges that followed. Wiping his eyes he surveyed the desolate, white wasteland. It looked very much like the last 40 or so miles of flat, cold icepack, but something told the man that he was now very close to the objective. And one thing was certain. He was the first man in history to travel this far north. Perhaps a smile briefly crossed his lips as he remembered the first steps he had taken some thirty years ago that led to this amazing, dangerous journey...
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