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Robert E. Peary at the North Pole
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© University Library of Tromsø - 1999.
The Northern Lights Route is part of The Council of Europe Cultural Routes. The Cultural Routes are an invitation to Europeans to wander the paths and explore the places where the unity and diversity of our European identity were forged.
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The rival claims of Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary, as the first men to have reached the North Pole, was a subject of great interest for the press. From Petit Journal.