"The Explorer"

By Ric Cottom ,

Published January 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM EST

Captain Robert Peary’s North Pole Expedition, 1905-06. “On the sled that went to the North Pole”. Pictured are Donald Baxter MacMillan, George Borup, Thomas Gushue (1st Mate of the Roosevelt, and Matthew Alexander Henson, between 1906-09. George Bain Collection. (2015/10/16). Nat’l Museum of the US Navy/Flickr/Creative Commons — Captain Robert Peary’s North Pole Expedition, 1905-06. “On the sled that went to the North Pole”. Pictured are Donald Baxter MacMillan, George Borup, Thomas Gushue (1st Mate of the Roosevelt, and Matthew Alexander Henson, between 1906-09. George Bain Collection. (2015/10/16).
Nat’l Museum of the US Navy/Flickr/Creative Commons

After working together for 22 years, Matthew Henson and Robert E. Peary located the North Pole in April, 1909. History, however, would record only Peary's name as having made the discovery.

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Ric Cottom

Ric Cottom came to Baltimore more than four decades ago and never left. Formerly the editor and publisher at the Maryland Historical Society, he now runs the Chesapeake Book Company, publishing Chesapeake regional history, biography, and environmental studies.

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Lisa Morgan covered the local arts community as co-creator and host of WYPR’s award-winning program The Signal from 2004 to 2015. She has created and produced many programs for WYPR, including news stories, features, commentaries, and audio documentaries. She taught audio production at Goucher College and has done voice-over work for a variety of clients. The Weekly Reader is her latest project.

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