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
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
The researchers reconstructed ancient Peary Land using disembodied fragments of DNA.
From Scientific American • Dec. 7, 2022
Roosevelt believed Rondon deserved worldwide recognition, just like the famous polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Robert Peary.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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