Robert Edwin Peary
explorer from the United States
Robert Edwin Peary was an American explorer who claimed to be the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole.
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Admiral R. E. Peary -
Self-portrait, 1909 -
Portrait by Nadar -
Peary Sledge Party and Flags at the Pole -
Peary's crew from the Roosevelt -
Robert Peary monument at Cape York, Greenland. Picture taken April 1993 -
Marie Peary, the "Snow Baby", daughter of Peary born near the North Pole -
Peary's wife, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, with their children, Marie and Robert Peary Jr.
