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In 1909 African American Matthew Henson trekked with explorer Robert Peary to what they claimed was the North Pole. Who got there first?

Americans love a good scammer. Frederick Cook, polar explorer and would-be oil tycoon, is the perfect fit for our age — 83 years after his death.

During a race to the North Pole in 1909, The New York Times supported one explorer, while the rival New York Herald backed another.

A black sharecropper accompanied Robert Peary to the North Pole in 1909.

Today is the 355th day of 2022. There are 10 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 2006: The Jamaica National Heritage Trust declares Ackendown Castle ruins, Westmoreland, a national monu...

Subscribe here, or by clicking subscribe above! On most days of the year in the early 1900s, Battle Harbour, on Labrador’s rugged coast, is pretty quiet. The busiest this cod-fishing station gets is when a big catch of fish comes in, and the air buzzes with excitement and activity as the haul is brought ashore. But in September 1909, a buzz of a different kind fills the salty air. The tiny village, population 300, finds itself at the center of a media frenzy it hasnt seen before—or since. A...

Hello, its Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Sometime today, according to John Hopkins University (the source I’ve been using during the coronavirus pandemic), the United States will pass a grim milestone: 300,000 Americans will have died from COVID-19 or associated complications from the disease. Globally, the total exceeds 1.6 million. No country has been spared: from China, where it started, to tiny Norway, which was quick (at least among Western democracies) to lock down and which seems to have wea...