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Peary always had the idea for Henson to join him. Henson had many talents and Peary's team needed his knowledge and skills. Henson could speak their language and was good with the dogs.

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Text: Henson was born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1866, just six years after the end of the Civil War. His father was a farmer. The family moved to Washington, D.C., when Henson was a young child. Notes: Henson was born in Charles County Maryland in 1866.

Text: Henson died in 1955. In 1988 his body was moved to Arlington National Cemetery, near the monument to Peary. In 1996 the U.S. Navy commissioned an oceanographic survey ship, the USNS Henson , in his honor. In 2000 the National Geographic Society awarded Henson the Hubbard Medal. Also that year, the Matthew A. Henson Earth Conservation Center was opened in Washington, D.C. The National Geographic Society has also established a scholarship in Henson ’s name. Notes: Henson passed away in 1955 and in 2000 the National Geographic Society awarded Henson the Hubbard Medal.

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Text: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.Notes: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.

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Text: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.Notes: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.

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Text: Peary hired Henson to be his assistant on a surveying expedition to Nicaragua. After that, Henson remained with Peary for 22 years.

Notes: Henson met Peary in 1887 and worked together for 22 years

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Text: Peary wanted to be the first person to reach the North Pole. This was difficult, because the North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. This ice moves. For this reason, it is hard to locate the exact spot of the North Pole.

Notes: Peary wanted to be the first person at the north pole and this is a hard goal to achieve

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Text: In 1888, while working in a clothing store, Henson met a young U.S. Navy lieutenant, Robert Edward Peary, who had come in to buy a tropical helmet. Peary offered to hire him as a valet. Henson did not like the idea of becoming a personal servant, but he thought it would be worthwhile to accompany Peary to Nicaragua where he was going to survey for a possible canal across Central America. Notes: In 1888 Matthew Henson met Peary in a hat store, Peary offed Henson to be his servant to Nicaragua. Henson did not want to be Peary's "Servant" but he would to go to Nicaragua.

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Text: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.Notes: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.

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Text: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.Notes: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.

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Ella Montgomery                                                                                                  Text: During an expedition to Greenland in 1896, Henson and Peary almost starved to death. They had made a base camp and then gone all the way to Greenland’s northern tip. On the way back to their base, they ran out of food. They hunted when they could, but there was not enough game. They had to kill and eat their sled dogs in order to survive.Notes: During the 1896 Greenland expedition, Peary almost died of hunger. On their way back to the base camp, all of their food ran out. They hunted whenever they were could. In order to survive, they had to kill the dogs and eat them.

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Ella Montgomery                                                                                                  Text: During an expedition to Greenland in 1896, Henson and Peary almost starved to death. They had made a base camp and then gone all the way to Greenland’s northern tip. On the way back to their base, they ran out of food. They hunted when they could, but there was not enough game. They had to kill and eat their sled dogs in order to survive.Notes: During the 1896 Greenland expedition, Peary almost died of hunger. On their way back to the base camp, all of their food ran out. They hunted whenever they were could. In order to survive, they had to kill the dogs and eat them.

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Text: In 1887 he met Peary, who was a naval officer and a civil engineer. Peary hired Henson to be his assistant on a surveying expedition to Nicaragua. Notes: Was offered a good job and went on an expedition.

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Text: In 1908 Henson and Peary made their eighth trip to Greenland to search for the North Pole. This time they succeeded. The expedition reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

Notes: They finally made it to the North Pole successfully on April 6, 1909 but with some failure along the way.

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Text: One of Peary’s main goals was to reach the North Pole. No person was known to have achieved this feat, and Peary wanted to be the first. Notes: Peary always wanted to go to the NP. No one had done it yet so he was going to do it

Text: Henson died in 1955. In 1988 his body was moved to Arlington National Cemetery, near the monument to Peary. Notes: Henson eventully died and was buryed next to perry

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Henson married to Eva Flint in 1891, but divorced just 6 years later. Then, Henson married Lucy Jane Ross. He then married again to an Intuit woman from Greenland and had a child named Akatingwah.

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Text: Henson was born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1866, just six years after the end of the Civil War. His father was a farmer. The family moved to Washington, D.C., when Henson was a young child. Notes: Growing up, Henson had a pretty normal life.

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Text: In 1908 Henson and Peary made their eighth trip to Greenland to search for the North Pole. This time they succeeded. The expedition reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. Notes: In 1908 Peary and Henson went to Greenland for the eighth time to go find the North Pole. They made it this time! The journy lasted till April 6 1909.

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Text: In 1996 the U.S. Navy commissioned an oceanographic survey ship, the USNS Henson , in his honor. In 2000 the National Geographic Society awarded Henson the Hubbard Medal. Also that year, the Matthew A. Henson Earth Conservation Center was opened in Washington, D.C. The National Geographic Society has also established a scholarship in Henson’s name. Notes: Because he attempted the impossible, Henson received an award and many things in his honor

Text: In 1908 Henson and Peary made their eighth trip to Greenland to search for the North Pole. This time they succeeded. The expedition, which included four Inuit guides, reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. Notes: Because of their many attempts, they finally succeeded to do the impossible.

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Text: Peary was honored as the first man to reach the North Pole. But Peary had become unable to walk during this journey He had to ride in a dogsled. He had sent Henson and the Inuit guides ahead. So Henson probably reached the North Pole before Peary did.
Notes: Peary was honored to be the first human to reach the north pole, but Peary rode in a dog sled. He sent Henson ahead, so Henson reached to pole first.

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Text: 1908 Henson and Peary made their eighth trip to Greenland to search for the North Pole. This time they succeeded. The expedition reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

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text:Henson went to sea at age 12 on a merchant ship. he was sailing around the world for six years. he became a skilled seaman. Notes:

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Text: Commander Peary's readings confirmed that they had arrived where no man had been before. After seven attempts and more than 18 years, they had reached the North Pole.

Notes: Peary confirmed that the group had made it too where no one has been before, they reached the pole.

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Text: Peary wanted to be the first person to reach the North Pole. This was difficult, because the North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. This ice moves. For this reason, it is hard to locate the exact spot of the North Pole. Notes: Peary wanted to be the first human to go to the North Pole. It was really hard because the North Pole is all Ice and water there is no land/grass, the ice moves.Because the ice moves its hard to find the exact location in the North Pole.

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Text: During an expedition to Greenland in 1896, Henson and Peary almost starved to death. Notes: Henson and Peary almost starved to death during the expedition to Greenland in 1896.

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Text: One of Peary’s main goals was to reach the North Pole. No person was known to have achieved this feat, and Peary wanted to be the first. Henson accompanied him on many trips to the Arctic. On these journeys, Henson and Peary spent a lot of time with the native Inuit people. Henson learned their language and customs. He learned how to make sleds and how to train dogs to pull them. He and Peary even wore Inuit clothes

Notes: No one had ever made it to the North Pole before but Peary wanted to be the first. Henson always went on expeditions with Peary. Henson learned the Native Inuit's language and customs along with other things such as how to make sleds and how to train dogs.

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Text: Frustrated by this turn of events, Peary vowed he would be the first person to reach the North Pole. Henson accompanied Peary to Greenland in June 1891, along with Peary's wife, Josephine, and a party that included the Arctic explorer Frederick Albert Cook. During this trip Henson began to study the Inuit who lived at the northern end of Greenland. He learned to speak their language and he studied their customs and methods of Arctic survival. Henson soon became popular with the Inuit, who nicknamed him Maripaluk, which means "kind Matthew ."Notes: Peary said he would be the first person to be at the north pole, because he was mad with what had happened. Peary went to greenland with Henson, Peary's wife, and a crew. Henson started to study the people who lived in this area of Greenland. He taught himself their language, and learned the culture of survival in the arctic. He became very popular with the eskimos.

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Text: On Apr. 6, 1909, Henson, Peary, and four Eskimos are generally credited with having been the first expedition to reach the North Pole

Notes: On April 6th 1909 Mathew Henson, Robert Peary, and 4 Eskimos were the first ones to get to the North Pole.

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Text: In 1908 Henson and Peary made their eighth trip to Greenland to search for the North Pole. This time they succeeded. The expedition reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909.
Notes: Matthew Henson and Robert Peary went to Greenland for the eighth time on a search for the north pole. They found the north pole on April 6 1909

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Text: Henson and Peary had made seven attempts to reach the North Pole but had always failed. The North Pole does not lie on land. It lies on ice that covers the Arctic Ocean. Because this sea ice moves, it is difficult to get to the exact spot where the North Pole is.

Notes: Henson and Peary had a hard time getting to the north pole. It was so hard because since the sea ice moves you can barely get to the north pole.

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Text: In 1908 Henson and Peary made their eighth trip to Greenland to search for the North Pole. This time they succeeded. The expedition reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. Notes: Henson and Peary had finally secede on their 8th trip to go to Greenland to North Pole. Henson and Peary got there on April 6th 1909