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Robert E. Peary Statue Plaque
Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: February 17, 2012
Caption: Robert E. Peary Statue Plaque
Additional Description:
Robert Edwin Peary
Discoverer of the North Pole
Born 100 yards south of this point May 6, 1856
Died February 20, 1920 and buried in Arlington Cemetery.
Graduated from Bowdoin College 1877. entered the U.S. Navy 1881. Engineer in charge of Nicaragua Canal Survey 1887. First crossing of Greenland Ice Cap 1892. Discovery of northern coasts proved insularity of Greenland 1900. Attained new farthest north for western hemisphere in latitude 84°17' 1902. Explored coast of Grantland attaining then farthest north in latitude 37°6' 1906. Discovered North Pole April 6, 1909. Retired from U.S. Navy as Rear Admiral 1911.
Submitted: February 17, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p193316
File Size: 1.023 Megabytes

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