A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
by Matthew Henson
“History wrote his name in the margins; the ice carved it in legend.”
Step into the frozen unknown with the man history nearly forgot, as he chronicles the grueling journey to become the first human to reach the North Pole. This gripping firsthand account reveals the unmatched skill and survival instincts of an explorer who conquered the world's most lethal terrain against all odds.
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