The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

In September 1909-after nearly two decades of determined effort and numerous attempts, during which he lost eight toes to frostbite-American polar explorer Robert E. Peary emerged from the Arctic's frozen wasteland and declared that his final expedition had been victorious: on April 6, 1909, Peary had attained the North Pole, a long-sought prize that had thwarted and even killed his predecessors.



Peary's news stunned the international community because a few days earlier his rival, American ...