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Subscribe here, or by clicking subscribe above! It’s April 6, 1909, and Robert E. Peary and his assistant Matthew Henson are settling in at yet another camp during their third attempt to reach the North Pole. It’s something they’ve done countless times during the course of their journeys together, but on this otherwise unremarkable stretch of ice, their once-elusive goal is now within reach.   As they and the Inughuit guides unpack their supplies, tend to the dogs, and begin food preparations, Peary unfurls an American flag that his wife Josephine had sewn for him years earlier. He fa...

January 13, 2021 Hundreds—perhaps thousands—of people took part in the international race to explore the Arctic and claim the North Pole. Here's a collection of some of the most important and influential figures discussed in Mental Floss's new podcast, 1. Arnaq // Inuit // ?-1577 Arnaq was the name assigned to an Inuit woman from Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada, who was taken captive by Martin Frobisher in 1577, along with Kalicho and her infant son called Nutaaq. Arnaq means “woman” or “female” in Inuktitut. 2. William Baffin // English // c. 1584-1622 Baffin was a navigator a...