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	Matthew Henson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Matthew Henson (8 August 1866 – March 11, 1955) was an American explorer who may have been the first to reach the Geographic North Pole with Robert Peary in 1909.
		Matthew Henson is the great-grand nephew of Josiah Henson, a famous fugitive slave.
		The Matthew Henson Earth Conservation Center in Washington, DC is named for him, as is Matthew Henson Middle School in Indian Head, Maryland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matthew_Henson (456 words)

	Josiah Henson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henson was separated from his family as a young boy, when he was sold as property in an estate sale.
		Henson also became an active Methodist preacher, spoke as an abolitionist on lecture tours throughout Britain and British North America, and worked as a part-time conductor on the Underground Railroad along routes between Tennessee and Ontario.
		Matthew Henson, the arctic explorer who accompanied Admiral Robert E. Peary on his expedition to the North Pole in 1909, is Josiah Henson’s great-grand nephew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Josiah_Henson (406 words)

	HOPEVI - MATTHEW HENSON HISTORIC DOCUMENTATION
		The Matthew Henson Public Housing Project (Matthew Henson) is located in south central Phoenix in an area bounded by 7th Avenue to the east, 11th Avenue to the west, Sherman/Grant Street to the north, and Buckeye Road to the south (Figure 1).
		One stipulation of the MOA is that Matthew Henson be documented in accordance with SHPO's Documentation Standards for Historic Properties (revised December 2000) in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
		Matthew Henson housing, built for African Americans in 1941, was one of the first three public housing projects constructed in Phoenix.
	www.ci.phoenix.az.us /HOPEVI/matthew.html (1396 words)

	Virtual Exploration Society - Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorer
		Henson was fascinated by stories about life at sea, so when he saw a chance to become a cabin boy, he took it.
		This was the chance Henson had been waiting for and he accepted without hesitation, though it caused friction with his fiancee, Eva Flint, and her family.
		Henson died on March 9th, 1955, and was buried in a small plot at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.
	unmuseum.mus.pa.us /henson.htm (2936 words)

	MSN Encarta - Matthew Henson
		Henson was working as a hat store clerk in Washington, D.C., in 1897 when Peary hired him as a valet.
		Henson quickly proved indispensable to Peary as a navigator in the Arctic and as a translator among the Inuit.
		Henson, who usually broke trail while pulling a sled, may have reached the Pole 45 minutes before Peary, although discovery of the North Pole is usually credited to Peary.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557299/Matthew_Henson.html (370 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Matthew Henson, however, received comparatively little recognition for his part in the discovery, even though Peary repeatedly acknowledged Henson's indispensability to the success of the Polar expeditions.
		Matthew Henson was born in Charles County, Md., ran away from his widowed stepmother at about age 11, was taken in by a fl woman in Washington, D.C., and at 12 went to sea as a cabin boy on a sailing ship.
		The headstone of Matthew Henson and his wife Lucy Ross Henson is made of jet-fl Vermont granite, approximately five- feet high, four feet wide, and one-foot thick.
	www.mdw.army.mil /fs-p29.htm (567 words)

	Untitled Document
		Matthew Henson was born on August 8, 1866 in Maryland.
		Matthew Henson was only 12 when he walked from home in Washington D.C. He walked all the way to Baltimore to get a job as a cabin boy on a three-masted merchant ship.
		Matthew Henson was a famous arctic explorer in the 19th century.
	www.howard.k12.md.us /lisbon/matthewhenson.html (408 words)

	Matthew Alexander Henson, Explorer
		Henson accompanied Peary on each of his eight Arctic voyages and was noted for his technical skills and his ability to communicate with the Eskimo.
		Henson led construction of an igloo base camp, and on March 1, 1909, a relay-style assault on the Pole commenced.
		Henson often helped to break the trail during the 475-mile journey and was selected by Peary to join him on the final leg, along with a few Eskimos.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /mhenson.htm (3938 words)

	Matthew Alexander Henson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Matthew Henson (1866-1955) grew up in Washington, D.C., where he lived with an uncle, having been orphaned when he was quite young.
		Henson learned seamanship as he sailed through the Straits of Magellan, crossed the Pacific Ocean to the China Sea, crossed the Atlantic Ocean and even sailed into the Baltic Sea.
		Henson and Peary are depicted on the may 28, 1986, Polar Explorers issue.
	hometown.aol.com /efirpo/henson.html (344 words)

	Matthew Henson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Matthew Henson was born in Charles County, Maryland on August 8, 1886.
		In 1867 Matthew's parents sold their farm and moved to Georgetown, Maryland just outside Washington D.C. Matthew was orphaned at an early age and when he was 13 he took a position as a cabin boy on a merchant ship.
		Henson mastered Inuktitut, the language of the Polar Inuit and became an expert sled driver and builder of boats and sleds.
	www.livingclassrooms.org /dc/toolkit/henson.html (383 words)

	Matthew A. Henson: Cloze Activity - EnchantedLearning.com
		Matthew Alexander Henson (Aug. 8, 1866 - March 9, 1955) was an _______________________ explorer and one of the first _______________________ to visit the North Pole.
		Because of Henson's skills (Henson was an accomplished _______________________, navigator and carpenter), resourcefulness and strength, Peary chose Henson to accompany him on his next 7 _______________________ to the Arctic, from 1891 through 1909.
		Henson wrote "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole," which was _______________________ in 1912.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/h/hensoncloze.shtml (278 words)

	Black History Month Biography-Matthew Alexander Henson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		In 1867 the Henson family sold their farm to escape from the racial violence, they had moved to Washington D.C. Matthew's mother had died when Matthew was only seven years old, because of that Matthew's father subsequently told him to go live with his uncle who lived nearby.
		Matthew is not known for a lot of things today, but he did a lot of great things in the past.
		Matthew was one of the first people to go to the North Pole, not to mention he was fl at the time.
	www.newton.mec.edu /Bigelow/classroom/yerardi/blackhistory04/15blackhist04as3/15blackhist04as3index.htm (556 words)

	Matthew Henson (Bowdoin, Arctic Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		On April 6, 1909, Matthew Henson stood atop the world with Robert Peary as co-discoverer of the North Pole.
		Matthew Henson went to the Pole with Peary because he was a better man than any one of us." This was an opinion shared by the Inuit, who respected Henson for his immersion in their culture.
		Henson was born in Maryland on August 8, 1866.
	academic.bowdoin.edu /arcticmuseum/biographies/html/henson.shtml (546 words)

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		Matthew was born on August 6, 1866 in Charles County, Maryland.
		Henson's mother died two years after he was born and his father, who had remarried, died when Henson was eight years old.
		Matthew Henson died in 1955 at the age of 88.
	www.hometoharlem.com /harlem/hthcult.nsf/4475d09ab4ad8495852565cf001d3b50/759669b4f7c127b9852565cf001dbc81?OpenDocument (456 words)

	Matthew A. Henson: Arctic Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
		Because of Henson's skills (Henson was an accomplished mechanic, navigator and carpenter), resourcefulness and strength, Peary chose Henson to accompany him on his next 7 expeditions to the Arctic.
		Henson wrote "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole," which was published in 1912.
		Henson was awarded a Congressional medal in 1944 for his work on the Peary expedition.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/h/henson.shtml (299 words)

	GLORY AND HONOR - Synopsis
		Henson would prove over the course of their 18-year quest to reach the North Pole to be a natural and intuitive explorer, who not only blazes trails and masters the Inuit survival skills, but also saves Peary's life on more than one occasion.
		While admitting that Henson is the most skilled and experienced member of the team, Peary diminishes Henson's leadership abilities in saying to another crew member that Henson "doesn't have the character necessary due to racial inheritance" to lead a party back to land.
		Henson's enthusiasm for Inuit culture, language and survival skills enabled him to adapt to the climate of the Arctic.
	turnerlearning.com /tntlearning/glory/entire.html (5121 words)

	pb explorer reports 99
		Matthew was only twelve years old when he walked from his home in Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland to get a job as a cabin boy on the merchant ship Katie Hines.
		Henson was forty and Peary was fifty, success or not they were both too old to continue exploring the Arctic.
		Henson died on March 9, 1955, and was buried in a small plot in the Bronx.
	www.pb5th.com /pb_explorer_99.html (4299 words)

	Matthew Henson's accomplishments
		After 18 years of Arctic experience, skill and accumulated knowledge, Henson and Peary made a successful expedition to reach the Pole by employing teams of men, supplies, trail breaking Inuit sledge drivers and the best dogs hand picked for their strength and endurance.
		The Henson and Peary 1909 North Pole expedition is still a legendary achievement of strategy, extraordinary skill and great determination.
		Delroy Lindo has portrayed Matt in a TNT original movie for cable and Denzel Washington is committed to portraying Matthew Henson in a major motion picture to be directed by Amistad producer Debbie Allen.
	www.matthewhenson.com /index2.htm (649 words)

	Profile: African-American North Pole Explorer Matthew Henson
		Summary Matthew Henson accompanied Robert E. Peary on numerous Arctic expeditions, most notably on their summit to the North Pole on April 6, 1909.
		African-American Matthew A. Henson accompanied polar explorer Robert E. Peary on a U.S. expedition to the North Pole on April 6, 1909.
		Henson and Peary first met in Washington D.C. in 1887, as Peary prepared for an expedition to Nicaragua.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/01/0110_030113_henson.html (875 words)

	The Frederick A. Cook Society
		Henson was an exceptional participant on the landscape of American Arctic exploration in the last decade of the 19th century and the first of the 20th.
		Henson was dependent upon Peary for virtually all of the working years of his life and the damning sequel of Peary's deliberate abandonment of his "dark companion" is something which the Henson revisionists refuse to accept.
		Matthew Henson will survive in Polar history as a man of courage and talent, as well as a victim of the racism of his times.
	www.cookpolar.org /henson.htm (5993 words)

	Matthew Henson
		Those words are from the lecture notes of Matthew Henson, a man who started life near the bottom of society and ended at the very top of the world as the first person ever to reach the North Pole.
		By the time Henson was eighteen, he had traveled across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the China and Baltic seas, and through the straits of Magellan at the tip of South America.
		But it was Matthew Henson, an African American, who was assigned to lead the first dog sled.
	accelerateu.org /assessments/2003Ela8/Matthew.htm (667 words)

	Matthew Henson by George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Matthew Henson was born in 1867 and died in 1955.
		Matthew Henson was important because he showed members of the expedition team how to build igloos and other things they needed to know in order to survive the four hundred mile trip to the North Pole.
		Matthew Henson has become a legend with the Eskimos.
	www2.lhric.org /poCantico/bhm/henson.htm (162 words)

	Amazon.com: Dark Companion: The Story of Matthew Henson: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Henson built sledges and other equipment, handled the dog teams, took his turn out in front by a day or more breaking trail, and, most importantly, developed a close working relationship with the Eskimos, whose assistance was the key to reaching the North Pole.
		But Henson never wavered on the essentials: Henson, with all his expert sledding experience, was confident that the expedition had covered the necessary distance from the last navigational observation to the Pole.
		Henson, an African-American, teamed up with a white explorer, Peary, makes it even more amazing, and it should be applauded that Peary chose his crew solely on their ability to get this incredible job done, instead of political and sociological considerations.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966576284?v=glance (1836 words)

	Matthew Henson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		He (Matthew Henson) is a better dog driver and can handle a sledge better than any man living except some of the best Eskimo hunters.
		Subsequently, Peary took Henson with him on all seven of his eight trips to the Arctic, between 1891 and 1909, and was greatly aided by Henson's command of the Eskimo language.
		But the Explorers Club made Henson a member in 1937; Congress awarded him one of the joint medals for the North pole discovery in 1944; the Geographical Society of Chicago gave him it's Gold Medal in 1948, and Presidents Truman and Eisenhower saluted him in ceremonies in 1950 and 1954, the year before he died.
	www.famu.edu /about/admin/vppa/News/Black_History_Moments/Duke_Ellington/Henry_O._Tanner/Whitney_Moore_Young_/matthew_henson.html (384 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Matthew Henson \| PBS
		Peary, impressed with Henson's ability and resourcefulness, employed him as an attendant on his seven subsequent expeditions to the Arctic (1891–92; 1893–95; 1896; 1897; 1898–1902; 1905–06; 1908–09).
		In 1909 Peary and Henson, accompanied by four Eskimos, became the first men to reach the North Pole, the rest of the crew having turned back earlier.
		Henson received the Congressional medal awarded all members of the Peary expedition (1944).
	pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/matthew_alexander_henson.html (222 words)

	Matthew Henson: A Great Explorer- Black History Daily
		Matthew Henson, one of the world's greatest explorers, was born in Baltimore in 1866.
		Henson's uncle was mean and abusive to the point that it caused him to run away from the only home he had.
		They were (in order from first to last) Matthew Henson, followed by four Eskimos pulling Robert Peary on a sled (his feet were frostbitten.) Henson out ran them all, becoming the first man in the world to reach the North Pole.
	www.blackseek.com /bh/2001/06_MatthewHenson.htm (767 words)

	Henson, Matthew Alexander -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Born in Charles County, Md., on Aug. 8, 1866, Henson, with Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, was the co-discoverer of the North Pole.
		Orphaned as a youth, Henson was 12 when he went to sea as a cabin boy on a sailing ship.
		Henson believed that learning could be fun, and to that end he introduced Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, the Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Miss Piggy, and hundreds of other Muppets—Henson's own term for his...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311660 (773 words)

	Dr. S. Allen Counter \| intercultural issues
		In contrast, Matthew A. Henson, master Arctic explorer and most admired by the Eskimos, was buried in 1955 in a simple grave at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, NYC.
		On April 6, 1988, the 79th Anniversary of the North Pole discovery, Matthew Henson and his wife Lucy Ross Henson were reinterred by Presidential order with full military honors and a fitting new monument next to Robert and Josephine Peary in Arlington National Cemetery.
		Counter was invited by Admirals of the U.S. Navy to sail on the U.S.N.S. Henson during its maiden voyage, in November 1998.
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~counter/culture.html (872 words)

	Matthew Henson: Explorer lesson plan, reading guide, teaching activities for Michael Gilman's book [Matthew Henson: ...
		Story Summary: Matthew Henson was born in Maryland in 1866 to free fl parents.
		Henson had his first taste of world travel after he was orphaned at age 13.
		Henson proved invaluable as a builder, a recruiter of Eskimos, and a sled dog driver on the expedition.
	www.literatureplace.com /bookfolios/bookfolio.asp?BookfolioID=56 (366 words)

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