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It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing.
— Matthew Henson
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Matthew Henson
explorer, writer, computer scientist, traveler
1866 – 1955
Matthew Alexander Henson was an African-American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. To promote a lecture tour, Henson later said he was the first of their party to reach the North Pole but there is no evidence for this.