https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl BY: ALAN SOLOMON en-us 2021-02-11 19:07:49 UTC 2022-09-30 18:27:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/2016/02/24/matthew_henson/08_matthew_henson.ngsversion.1470670202913.adapt.1900.1.jpg TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212121303 Matthew Henson was born on August 8 1866 in Nanjemoy, Maryland U.S.A..
His parents died when he was very young so Matthew had to learn how to take care of himself.]]> 2021-02-17 17:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212121303 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212213975 When Matthew Henson was 12, he learned to read and write.]]> 2021-02-17 17:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212213975 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212220938 When he was 13 he was working on a ship named Katie Hines as a cabin boy accompanied by Captain Childs.]]> 2021-02-17 17:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212220938 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212270331 After Captain Childs passed away Matthew Henson met an explorer called Robert E. Peary and soon, they became friends.]]> 2021-02-17 17:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212270331 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212295669 Matthew Henson and Robert Peary made 7 expeditions to the North Pole. They were the first people to discover the North Pole.]]> 2021-02-17 18:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212295669 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212318565 Matthew Henson wrote a book about his adventures at the North Pole.]]> 2021-02-17 18:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1212318565 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1215974068 Matthew and Robert went farther North than any other explorer.]]> 2021-02-18 16:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1215974068 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1216002198  A lot of their attempts failed.
But one day they went so far North that they met a tribe called the Inuits.]]> 2021-02-18 16:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1216002198 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218953703 Matthew studied with teachers: the Inuit. Out of all of the people who came to the Arctic, Matthew was the Inuit's favorite. ]]> 2021-02-19 14:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218953703 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218963882 They gave him the Inuit name, 

Mahri-Pahluk which meant Matthew the kind one.

]]> 2021-02-19 14:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218963882 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218971378 Matthew learned their language, how to build and drive a dog sledge,  and how to make friends.
He worked hard, was skilled and kind. So Matthew earned the respect of all.]]> 2021-02-19 14:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218971378 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218994919 No matter how far North they went, the wind forced them to turn back. But Matthew didn't give up. He said he would try one more time and if it didn't work he would turn back.]]> 2021-02-19 14:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1218994919 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219006790 On July 6, 1908, Matthew, Some of the Inuit men, and Admiral Peary set of to the North Pole with lots of supplies and set sail on Roosevelt, a ship so strong that it could break through the Arctic's ice.]]> 2021-02-19 14:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219006790 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219064552 Almost everyday they had to send men and dogs back because they were running out of supplies.]]> 2021-02-19 14:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219064552 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219073164 By April 1 Peary had sent everyone back except for Matthew and for Inuit men,

Ootah,Seegloo,Ooqueah,and Egingwah. Without them there would be no North Pole.

]]> 2021-02-19 14:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219073164 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219111865 On April 3 as they were voyaging across the ice, Matthew slipped through the ice! into the cold unbearable water. Ootah came there very quickly and pulled Matthew out of the water. Then they started their voyage again.]]> 2021-02-19 15:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219111865 TheGr8 https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219329389 On April 6 1909 Matthew Alexander Henson, Robert E. Peary, and four Inuit men had made it to the top of the world! Admiral Peary planted a flag on a spot of ice which marked they had been the people to stand there first and since that day the flag has been there.]]> 2021-02-19 16:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/TheGr8/d2xa2lagimdwk4pl/wish/1219329389