Robert Peary is best known for claming he was the first person to reach the Geographic North Pole. Robert Peary was born in Pennsylvania and later joined the U.S. Navy Civil Engineers Corps. he joined this in 1881 after he moved to Maine after his fathers tragic death.To reach his goal, between 1886 and 1897, Robert E. Peary led five expeditions to Greenland and Arctic Canada. After leaving from New York City on July 16, 1905, aboard the Roosevelt, Peary sledged to within 175 miles of the Pole in 1906. On a new expedition in 1909, once again via the Roosevelt, but this time employing 24 men, 19 sledges and 133 dogs, Peary finally succeeded in reaching it—or at least he claimed to have.
