A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
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by Matthew Henson 15 Oct, 2018
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole: Large Print by Matthew Alexander Henson Friends of Arctic exploration and discovery, with whom I have come in contact, and many whom I know only by letter, have been greatly interested in the fact of a colored man ... Read more
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole: Large Print by Matthew Alexander Henson Friends of Arctic exploration and discovery, with whom I have come in contact, and many whom I know only by letter, have been greatly interested in the fact of a colored man being an effective member of a serious Arctic expedition, and going north, not once, but numerous times during a period of over twenty years, in a way that showed that he not only could and did endure all the stress of Arctic conditions and work, but that he evidently found pleasure in the work. Less
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Matthew Alexander Henson was an American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together...
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