1866-1955

A biography of the African American explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary to the North Pole in 1909.

Discusses Robert Peary and Matthew Henson's expedition to the North Pole in 1909, describing their early lives, their previous attempts to reach the Pole, their experiences in the Arctic, and the Inuit people, and includes a recipe for "Greenland stew.".

A biography of African-American explorer and associate of Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, who accompanied Peary on his 1909 expedition to the North Pole.

Matthew Henson recounts his life story, including his twenty-two years of polar exploration with Commander Robert Peary, who was seen as the hero of the 1909 expedition to reach the North Pole despite the fact that Henson, an African-American, was primarily responsible for its success.

Presents a brief biography of Matthew Henson, discussing his early life, his years working on ships, his employment as personal assistant to explorer Robert Peary, and his accomplishments as part of the first team to reach the North Pole.

A brief biography of the black explorer and seaman who, together with Robert E. Peary, discovered the North Pole in 1909.

Presents a short biography of explorers Robert Edwin Peary and Matthew Henson and their expedition to the North Pole in the early 1900s, and chronicles their early lives, failures, and successes.

Presents a short biography of African-American explorer Matthew Henson written in graphic novel format, and focuses on his attempts to reach the North Pole with Robert Peary in the late nineteenth century.

Presents a short biography of Matthew Henson, who accompanied Robert Peary to the North Pole in 1909.

The author provides an account of his experiences in 2005 trying to re-create the controversial 1909 expedition by U.S. Naval Commander Robert Peary, his companion Matthew Henson, and four Inuit men, who used dogsleds to reach the North Pole in thirty-seven days, a time many have said was impossible.