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Unknown Peary

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Robert Peary was a renowned polar explorer, who in the early 20th century was hailed by the American Congress and geographical societies of many countries as the conqueror of the North Pole.

Dmitry Shparo, citing little-known American documents, exposes Peary and asserts that his major victories—his record-breaking northward advance in 1906 and his reaching the North Pole in 1909—were fabricated. Peary deliberately claimed credit for non-existent achievements.

The book is essentially a geographical, psychological, and political investigation of the tragic events in the Arctic, in which Peary participated, willing to do anything for glory.

Other authors have also debunked Peary's myth. Dmitry Shparo names them and speaks of them with great respect, but he himself differs fundamentally from Peary's other critics in that he traveled thousands of kilometers across the drifting ice of the Arctic Ocean, completing the first ski crossing to the pole in history, as well as other equally remarkable expeditions.
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