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Young Explorer Retraces Peary's Historic Journey to the North Pole

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Uploaded by on Apr 14, 2009

One hundred years ago this month, April 6th, American explorer Robert Peary claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole. Many have disputed the claim, saying his journey could not have been made in the time he claimed. But nearly a century later, a young British explorer named Tom Avery decided to recreate his historic journey using the same route, techniques and equipment that the American explorer had used in 1909. In a grueling 800 kilometer trek in 2005, Avery and his team reached the North Pole in just under 37 days - and beat Peary's time by five hours.

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  • Matthew Henson reached the top first.

  • it wasnt just peary there was a couple of Inuits and a black guy called matt or summin

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