Robert Peary

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United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920)

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Before then, the two most significant penetrations of the Greenland interior had been those of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in 1883, and Robert Peary in 1886. Source: Internet

The First Thule Expedition (1912, Rasmussen and Freuchen) aimed to test Robert Peary 's claim that a channel divided Peary Land from Greenland. Source: Internet

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