Matthew Henson: First Man To Reach The Arctic

Matthew Henson, born in Charles County, Maryland on August 8, 1866. Henson’s, full name was Matthew Alexander Henson. Better known as, the first man to reach the Arctic. Matthew Henson, was a smart man. Henson, lost his mother when he was young. Then, later he had to drop out of high school to get a job because he lost his father. Matthew Henson, was one of the first men to go to the Arctic. He was on an expedition with Robert Peary, when they arrived at the Arctic. Matthew Henson was an overall good person because he was a talented explorer, he had many jobs, and traveled many places. First, Matthew Henson was a talented explorer. He was the first man to reach the Arctic, but it wasn’t easy. Henson joined Robert Peary on an expedition to Greenland, which almost ended bad. Their team almost starved to death, the members of the team that survived was forced to eat almost all of their sled dogs. Henson and Peary found out Greenland didn’t go all the way to the Arctic. On Henson and Peary’s second to last voyage to the Arctic, they were able to sail 174 miles. ”In 1909, Matt and Peary made it to the North Pole.” (Robinson) . There was 130 champion dogs, pulling the sled. …show more content…
His first job was as a dishwasher, this is the job he got after dropping out of high school. Later on, a sailor made Henson want a different job. So, Henson quit his job as a dishwasher then went to look for a new job. He became a cabin boy, he got the job because he was brave enough to ask the captain, the captain liked Henson a lot, the captain thought Henson was a great employe. The captain, promoted Henson from cabin boy to sailor. After, a couple years the captain became ill. When the captain died, Henson lost his job. Henson, began looking for another sailing job, but everyone was being mean to him because his skin tone. So, Henson left sailing all