Ross Marvin was helping Robert Peary on his North Pole expedition. Marvin supposedly fell through the ice and died. But his death was no accident.

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In 1914, explorer Fitzhugh Green shot and killed his Inuit guide Peeawahto at the northern tip of Axel Heiberg Island. This ...

In 1905-06 and again in 1908-09 Peary mounted major expeditions to reach the North Pole. With a custom designed ship, the SS Roosevelt; a team of American assistants; and some 50 Inughuit men, women, ...

In the late nineteenth century, there was only one Earthly frontier left to discover: the North Pole ... One of history’s most driven Pole-seekers, Robert Peary, shocked the world when he ...

In Nicaragua, Peary began to dream of being the one to discover the North Pole. All the while, Robert kept up his courtship with Josephine through six years of far-flung naval assignments ...

On April 6, 1909, Matthew Henson stood atop the world with Robert Peary as co-discoverer of the North Pole. When Henson descended from the frigid north his reception was distinctly cool, even in ...

HX Expeditions (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions) is launching the first-ever cruises from New York to Greenland: a roundtrip ...

Along the way, we'll see amazing wildlife, get frostbite, and realize how lucky we are not to be man-hauling thousand While on their quest for the North Pole, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson had ...