Peary
Americannoun
noun
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This is perhaps why Aleqatsiaq Peary, a 42-year-old Inuit hunter living in the remote northerly town of Qaanaaq, seemed unfazed by the prospect of US ownership.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Robert Peary on polar expeditions and was likely the first human to ever stand on top of the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
American explorers discovered the North Pole later than you might think: It wasn’t until 1909 that Admiral Robert Peary became the first person to plant a flag in the Arctic frost.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
On Saturday afternoon, nearly 100 adults — all former students of Peary High — climbed aboard a yellow Montgomery County school bus and set off for Gibbs’s house.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2022
And so she chattered easily and knowledgeably about things of interest to students—this new theory of relativity by a man called Einstein, and whether Admiral Peary would really reach the North Pole.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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