peary, robert e

Presents a fictionalized account of the life of Minik, a Polar Eskimo taken by explorer Robert Peary, along with Minik's father, Smiler, and four others, to be presented as exhibits to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Chronicles the hardships faced by explorers trying to reach the North Pole, focusing on Peary and Henson's successful attempt 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.".

Text and photographs describe Admiral Peary's attempts to reach the North Pole in the early twentieth century and the dispute of his claim to have been the first to succeed.

Traces the life of the explorer, focusing on his grueling expedition across the frozen Arctic to become the first person to reach the North Pole.

Describes the historical background of the Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, focusing on Peary's exploits to the North Pole in 1909 and Amundsen's famous race to the South Pole in 1911.

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.

A huge meteorite describes how it lay half-buried in Greenland for centuries until it is finally excavated by members of a Peary expedition.

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.