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gptkbp:instanceOf
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explorer
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Navy_Cross
Medal of Honor
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gptkbp:born
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May 6, 1856
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Marie_Ahnighito_Peary
gptkb:Robert_E._Peary_Jr.
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gptkbp:died
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February 20, 1920
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gptkbp:fieldOfStudy
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geography
exploration
polar_science
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Robert Edwin Peary III
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Charles_Francis_Hall
gptkb:William_Beebe
gptkb:Roald_Amundsen
gptkb:John_Franklin
gptkb:George_Nares
gptkb:Robert_Falcon_Scott
gptkb:Admiral_Richard_Byrd
gptkb:Matthew_Henson
gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton
gptkb:David_Livingstone
gptkb:James_Cook
gptkb:Alexander_von_Humboldt
gptkb:Richard_Francis_Burton
gptkb:William_Edward_Parry
gptkb:Paul_Siple
gptkb:Henry_Hudson
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Fridtjof_Nansen
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gptkbp:knownFor
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polar exploration
First to claim reaching the North Pole
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Claimed_to_reach_the_North_Pole_in_1909
Conducted_scientific_research_in_the_Arctic
Developed_techniques_for_Arctic_travel
Established_the_Peary_Arctic_Club
Led_multiple_Arctic_expeditions
Promoted_Arctic_exploration_in_the_U.S.
Surveyed_Greenland's_coastline
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:The_North_Pole
The Story of My Polar Voyages
The_Northward_Course_of_Empire
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Cresson,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:scenicViews
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gptkb:North_Greenland_Expedition_1898-1902
gptkb:Peary_Arctic_Club
gptkb:Greenland_Expedition_1891-1892
gptkb:Arctic_Expedition_1905-1906
gptkb:North_Pole_Expedition_1909
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Josephine_Diebitsch_Peary
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