peary, robert e

Photographs and text trace Robert Peary's exploration of the Arctic, including his discovery of the North Pole.

Chronicles the childhood of Marie Ahnighito, the daughter of Admiral Robert E. Peary, who was born in an Intuit village in northern Greenland and spent the next few years making friends with Intuit children, playing on the region's glacial cliffs, and living a life unlike other Victorian children.

A biography of the two explorers--one white, one African American--who discovered the North Pole in 1909.