Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Robert Peary
Born: May 6, 1856
Died: February 20, 1920 (aged 63)
Bio: Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909.
Known for:
- Secrets of polar travel (1917)
- Snowland folk
- The North Pole (1910)