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Peary, Robert Edwin
Important Explorations (table)
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attempts to reach the North Pole
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Robert Edwin Peary
Robert Edwin PearyIn 1909 American explorer Robert Edwin Peary led the first expedition to the North Pole. In spite of the controversy about whether he reached the...
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