Matthew A. Henson
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHO IS MY EXPLORER?
- Henson was born on Aug. 8, 1866 in Maryland, U.S.A.
- He died in Maryland on Mar. 9,1955
- He was an African American Arctic explorer
- When he was 14 he was a cabin boy on a ship
- Henson lived for 90 years
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WHAT DID MY EXPLORER DO?
- He was the first person to reach the North Pole with a partner named Robert Peary
- He explored greenland
- He explored the North Pole but he didn't get any credit for being the first person to reach the North Pole because he was black
- Henson and Peary started in New York City, then they traveled to Canada by ship, then they went to Greenland and set up base camp there
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WHERE DID MY EXPLORER DO HIS EXPLORATIONS?
- They explored in Greenland
- They started in NYC
- They sailed in the Atlantic Ocean across to Canada
- They set up base camp in Greenland
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WHEN DID MY EXPLORER GO EXPLORING?
- He reached the North Pole on Apr. 6, 1909 on his last try but Peary's feet got injured on the way so Henson carried on
- They made 7 trips from 1896-1902
WHY DID MY EXPLORER GO EXPLORING?
- He loved adventure
- He wanted to be the first person to reach the North Pole
- The navy sent Peary and Peary hired Henson to work as his assistant because Henson had strong navigational skills
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HOW DID MY EXPLORER EXPLORE?
- He explored with food, water, warm clothes, boots, gloves, tents, a dog sled, dogs, snow shoes, legs and paddles
- He needed skills to survive the cold weather which was taught to him by the Inuits
HOW DID THINGS CHANGE IN THE WORLD AFTER THE EXPLORATIONS?
- Now scientists know that humans can survive up in the North Pole from Peary and Henson's research
- Now people know what Inuit people were like and their way of life
- Henson also told scientists what the climate is like in the North Pole
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REFLECTIVE COMMENT
- I think it was unfair that Henson was the first human to reach the North Pole but Peary got all the credit because Henson was black.
- I thought it was cool because people could survive the cold back then.
- Henson was a risk taker because I it would be cold and scary at the North Pole
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