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
Protruding from the moon’s south pole is an upside down bust of Peary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
The newly analyzed ancient DNA comes from a fossil-rich rock formation in Peary Land called Kap København, which preserves sediments from both land and a shallow ocean-side estuary.
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
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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