Peary, Stefansson, Greely, Polar
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Peary, Stefansson, Greely, Polar
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Photo Researchers
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Caption reads "This photograph made at the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society in January, 1919 was the last taken of rear admiral Peary, discoverer of the North Pole , who stands at the left. In the center is Vilhjalmur Stefansson, who has just been awarded the Society's Hubbard Gold Medal for his work in adding 100,000 square miles to the mapped Polar regions of the Western Hemisphere. At the right is Major General A.W. Greely, leader of the Greely International Polar Expedition of 1881-84."
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May 30th, 2013
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