MP3 Audios - Biography

On the morning of April 6, 1909, the American explorer Robert E. Peary became the first man to reach the North Pole.

In this detailed, moving, often poetic journal, Peary recounts the full story of the expedition, counterpointing dramatic accounts of near catastrophe with fascinating observations of the arctic world. Surviving treacherous pack ice, blinding storms, enraged walruses, temperatures of sixty degrees below zero, and other hardships, the team bravely faced the difficulties navigating across nearly a thousand miles of trackless, frozen wasteland.

The North Pole is one of the great masterpieces of travel and exploration. Mile by mile, step by step, Peary leads the listener to that final triumphant moment when he plants the American flag on the northern-most spot on earth.