Robert Peary's Glory And Honor

Glory & Honor is a historical drama that focuses on Robert Peary (Henry Czerny) and his assistant Matthew Henson (Delroy Lindo). Robert Peary was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania on May 6, 1856, but moved to Portland, Maine where he grew up and went to Bodowin College in Brunswick, Maine. He then became a civil engineer for the United States Navy who was held in the highest regard due to his “exceptional talents” (Robinson 118). It was these talents that would lead him to be the first man to claim to reach the North Pole with Matthew Henson. Peary led many expeditions during his Arctic career, which included many to Greenland and to the North Pole. According to Jake Page and Charles Officer, Peary made eight Arctic trips, which was “more than anyone else” (Officer and Page 132). These “publicized trips” (Officer and Page 132) brought Peary the fame and status that he wanted and enabled him to achieve his dream, “[having] a career as a successful explorer” (Robinson 2). However, a few of these trips would also bring accusations, lies, and bickering over who did it first and who went the farthest. One expedition in particular, Peary and Henson’s 1908-09 expedition to the …show more content…
Peary learns of a Norwegian ship that is behind them and Peary believes that they are trying to beat him to Fort Conger, but they are trapped in by ice. So Peary, Henson, and two Inuit go by foot towards Fort Conger, during this trek Peary loses 8 toes. The ship was indeed a Norwegian ship; it was Otto Sverdrup, which Peary mentions in the film, on board the Fram and Peary did undoubtedly believe Sverdrup was trying to beat him to the North Pole. Yet, there are some inaccuracies on who went on the sudden trek towards Fort Conger and what made Peary believe Sverdrup was trying to conquer the North Pole first. According to Officer and