The International Astronomical Union has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, a Black man who in 1909 was one of the first people to stand at the very top ...
The International Astronomical Union has named a lunar crater–the “Henson Crater”– after Dr. Matthew Alexander Henson, an extraordinary explorer who journeyed to Earth’s North Pole. He led several ...
English explorer William Scoresby kicked off the 19th century's Arctic craze when he became the new record holder for ...
22 cent Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson stamp art by Dennis Lyall, c. 1986 Loan from the United States Postal Service, Postmaster General's Collection This artwork adorns a postage stamp of Admiral ...
In The Margins is a series that covers the history they didn’t teach in school. In 1909, the North Pole was at the center of a heated controversy: Who had made it there first, Robert Peary or ...
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