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Peary
[ peer-ee ]
noun
- Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and Arctic explorer.
Peary
/ ˈpɪərɪ /
noun
- PearyRobert Edwin18561920MUSTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Robert Edwin. 1856–1920, US arctic explorer, generally regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1909)
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Four northern trips succeeded this, the latter two under the auspices of the specially formed Peary Arctic Club.
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He was accompanied by Fix, Peary and George, who were blown along the slippery surface for yards.
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The expeditions of our own naval engineer, Peary, are well known to us; and the trip of Greely was an interesting one.
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There, Ken felt sure, lay the reason for the Peary's baffling silence, for the non-appearance of her men.
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No one of course would listen to him and believe, so he would have to go in search of the Peary and her crew himself.
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