Commander Robert E. Peary
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Discoverer of the North Pole. Robert E. Peary was born at Cresson Pa May 6 1858. Was educated in private schools and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1877. Has served in the US Navy as engineer and has now the rank of Commander. He made his first journey North in 1886, others followed in 1891, 1893-4, 1896, 1898, 1902, (during which he lost 8 toes) and 1905-6. He left New York, on his last trip July 8, 1908, by rail, for Sydney C.B. where he embarked on his specially built steamer Roosevelt. After wintering in the ice flow, he made his dash for the Pole over the ice early in the spring, reaching the goal of his life's ambition April 6, 1909 |
