Peary
Americannoun
noun
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Robert Peary on polar expeditions and was likely the first human to ever stand on top of the world.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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
The DNA, found locked in sediments in a region called Peary Land at the farthest northern reaches of Greenland, shows what life was like in a much warmer period in Earth’s history.
From Scientific American
The researchers extracted and sequenced DNA from 41 organic-rich sediment samples obtained from five sites on the Peary Land peninsula jutting into the Arctic Ocean.
From Reuters
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