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Exploring the North Pole : the story of Robert Edwin Peary and Matthew Henson / Josepha Sherman.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherman, Josepha, author.
- Series:
- Monumental milestones
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920--Juvenile literature.
- Peary, Robert E.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955--Juvenile literature.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander.
- Explorers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Explorers.
- African American explorers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American explorers.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
- North Pole.
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
- African Americans--Biography.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Hockessin, Del : Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2006.
- Summary:
- Two Americans, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson, were determined to do what no one ever had, reach the North Pole.
- Contents:
- On the edge of the world
- The North and South poles
- Beginnings
- Earlier explorers
- The early trips
- People of the north
- The Pole
- The Qimmiq, Inuit sled dogs
- Controversy
- The Arctic today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46) and index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G634 .S54 2006 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 1584154020
- 9781584154020
- OCLC:
- 64096340
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