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, ...

Shortly after meeting Josephine, he was assigned to Nicaragua to survey land for an ... on the approach into Greenland. The ship’s tiller abruptly spun around, striking Peary in the lower ...

Peary, U.S.N. from the north pole ... Cook said he had left in Greenland. The Republican called the naval officer unmanly, un-American, and , several other things. View Full Article in ...