Robert Edwin Peary Cabrillo

Facts

• He was born on May sixth 1856.
• He was born in Cressen, Pennsylvania.
• He died on February 20th 1920.

• Him and his assistant Matthew Henson and four Inuit men were the first people to reach the North Pole on April 6 1909.

• One of the officers in the United States Navy, It was commander Peary's Eighth attempt to reach the North Pole in two decades exploring arctic regions.

• His wife is Josephine Diebutsch.

• His family lived in Fryeburg, Maine for awhile.

• Their is now a monument that is honored after him on top of Jockey Cap.

• When he lived in Fryeburg, Maine he went hiking a lot.

Opinions

• He doesn't give up.

• He really wanted to reach the goal of reaching the North Pole.

• He was a pretty nice man!

• He must of been so generous that their is even a monument honored after him.