Perry's North Pole Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:expedition
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| gptkbp:arrival_location |
gptkb:North_Pole
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| gptkbp:controversy |
disputed claims of reaching the North Pole
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| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
inspired literature and media
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| gptkbp:departure_location |
gptkb:New_York_City
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| gptkbp:duration |
about 23 months
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| gptkbp:expedition |
gptkb:expedition
gptkb:Cook's_North_Pole_Expedition polar expedition exploratory expedition |
| gptkbp:funding |
private donations
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| gptkbp:goal |
reach the North Pole
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| gptkbp:historical_documentation |
photographs taken during the expedition
Peary's journals |
| gptkbp:historical_impact |
influenced future Arctic exploration
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Perry's North Pole Expedition
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| gptkbp:leadership |
gptkb:Robert_Peary
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| gptkbp:legacy |
controversy over exploration ethics
Peary's reputation as an explorer |
| gptkbp:method_of_travel |
sled dogs
icebreaker ship |
| gptkbp:navigation_system |
gptkb:Compass
gptkb:chronograph sextant |
| gptkbp:notable_achievement |
first to claim North Pole
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| gptkbp:outcome |
claimed to have reached the North Pole
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| gptkbp:peary's_biography |
gptkb:explorers
gptkb:Royal_Navy received several awards influenced future explorers controversial figure in exploration history wrote several books arctic explorer born in 1856 died in 1920 known for polar exploration |
| gptkbp:research |
geological studies
meteorological observations |
| gptkbp:return_trip |
difficult and dangerous
took several months |
| gptkbp:significance |
one of the first claims to reach the North Pole
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| gptkbp:supporting_team |
gptkb:Matthew_Henson
four Inuit guides |
| gptkbp:weather_conditions |
extreme cold
ice floes |
| gptkbp:year |
1909
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Robert_Edwin_Perry
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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