On May 6, 1856, Robert E. Peary, who claimed discovery of the North Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. During the early years of the 20th century, the conquest of the North and South poles ...

On September 7, 1909, readers of the New York Times awakened to a stunning front-page headline: "Peary Discovers the North Pole After Eight Trials in 23 Years." The North Pole was one of the last ...

During the summer of 1897, Lt. Robert E. Peary, U.S. Navy, made his fifth voyage to Greenland with the objective of bringing home the last and largest of three meteorites discovered in Cape York. In ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Robert Edwin Peary graduated Bowdoin College after earning his engineering ...

Inside the museum of American Museum of Natural History, visitors can find Ahnighito, also known as the Cape York meteorite.