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On May 6, 1856, Robert E. Peary, who claimed discovery of the North Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. During the early years of the 20th century, the conquest of the North and South poles ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — When the morning of April 7, 1909 dawned, Matthew Henson checked the temperature outside. It was 29 below zero. Later that day, Henson and the man he worked for, Robert Peary, would ...

Edited film, directed by Robert Guenette is a documentary about Robert E. Peary's discovery of the North Pole and his competition with Frederick A. Cook. Film employs dramatic recreation on location ...