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Peary

American  
[peer-ee] / ˈpɪər i /

noun

  1. Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and Arctic explorer.


Peary British  
/ ˈpɪərɪ /

noun

  1. Robert Edwin. 1856–1920, US arctic explorer, generally regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1909)

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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

The researchers reconstructed ancient Peary Land using disembodied fragments of DNA.

From Scientific American Dec. 7, 2022

Despite the best efforts of Captain Bartlett, whom the legendary polar explorer Robert Peary called “the world’s greatest living ice navigator,” the Karluk could not escape.

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2022

Here you have this man who goes to the Arctic at 18 as a cabin boy for Commander Peary.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 2022

Dressed in a tailcoat and white bow tie, he ate heartily and spoke at length with Robert Peary, the Arctic explorer who was credited with being the first to reach the North Pole.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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