According to Henderson's True North, Peary stopped in Greenland on his way back to America after reaching the Pole 1909. That's where he ran into a friend of Cook's, Harry Whitney.

Say "North Pole" and most people think ... and four Eskimo companions back in 1909, the North Pole has been a place of international intrigue — did you know several countries are now fighting ...

Nuuk, Greenland-- Two American explorers, one white, one black, made a historic assault on the North Pole a century ago and then headed home, leaving behind a legacy of daring and discovery, and ...

How the Greely Expedition to the North Pole celebrated Christmas in 1881. ... Located 250-miles north of the last known Eskimo settlement and 1,000 miles north of the Arctic Circle, ...

Ski mountaineering – aka skimo – is an epic sport in which skiers make their way up to the summit of a mountain, then downhill-ski back to the base. The E-Skimo system is designed to make the ...

The expedition leader, Donald MacMillan, had been north once before, as one of Peary’s assistants. An ambitious man, MacMillan hoped that the discovery of Crocker Land would make his reputation.

Gianni’s job as a high-speed train engineer brought him to China 10 years ago, almost a decade after he called it quits on elite skimo racing in Italy, although the sport remained his “passion”.

Engraving of the Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall Wikimedia Commons In 1870 Congress authorized $50,000 for an expedition to reach the North Pole under the command of Charles Francis Hall, a ...

Travelogue to the North Pole The expedition’s plane had a radio to send dispatches back to The Enquirer every day. Nov. 12: Easton reports the Santa Claus Expedition departed from Mineola Flying ...