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North Pole Legacy Tells The Story Of Two Men Whose Existence Was For Decades Nothing More Than A Popular Legend. But That Rumor Was Finally Verified In 1986 When Author S. Allen Counter Journeyed To Northern Greenland, And Met This Pair Of Remarkable Men. Counter Had Long Been An Admirer Of Matthew A. Henson, The African-american Explorer Who Accompanied Admiral Robert E. Peary To The North Pole Twice In Early Twentieth Century. While Conducting Professional Research In Sweden, Counter Became Intrigued By Talk Of Mixed-race Inuit Living In An Isolated Region Of Greenland. Unable To Forget This Rumor, Counter Traveled To Investigate Several Years Later, Venturing More Than A Thousand Miles North Of The Arctic Circle. There, In Two Tiny Villages, Counter Met Anaukaq Henson And Kali Peary, Amer-inuit Sons Of The Two Explorers. Born Only Days Apart In 1906, They Had Long Been Acknowledged By Their Communities As The Sons Of Matthew Henson And Robert Peary, But Had Never Been In Contact With Any Of Their American Relatives. As It Was Obvious That These Two Men Longed To See The Country Of Their Fathers, Counter Arranged For Anakukaq, Kali, And Their Families To Travel To America To Meet

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Author

Counter, S. Allen

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781510726376

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Travel

Rating

5 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14