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Peary Expedition To Greenland Of 1891–92
Peary may refer to: People Last name * Danny Peary (born 1949), American film critic and sports writer * Gerald Peary (born 1944), American film critic * Harold Peary (1908–1985), American actor, comedian and singer * Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863–1955), American author and arctic explorer, wife of Robert Peary * Marie Ahnighito Peary (1893–1978), American author, daughter of Robert Peary * Robert Peary (1856–1920), American explorer First name * Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1883), Indian author and journalist * Peary Rader (1909–1991), American early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher * Peary Charan Sarkar (1823–1875), pioneer in women's education in Bengal Middle name * Benjamin Peary Pal (1906–1989), Indian plant breeder and agronomist Locations Canada * Peary Bay, in Nunavut * Peary Channel, a waterway in Nunavut Greenland * Cape Peary, a headland in northwestern Greenland * Mary Peary Peaks, a mountain in northern Greenland * Pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Peary
Dannis Peary (born August 8, 1949) is an American film critic and sports writer. He has written and edited many books on Film, cinema and sports-related topics. Peary is most famous for his book ''Cult Movies (book), Cult Movies'' (1980), which spawned two sequels, ''Cult Movies 2'' (1983) and ''Cult Movies 3'' (1988) and are all credited for providing more public interest in the cult movie phenomenon. He is the brother of film critic, columnist, actor, and documentary filmmaker Gerald Peary. Early life and education Peary was born in Philippi, West Virginia, to Laura Chaitan and Joseph Y. Peary, a professor. During his childhood, he moved to South Carolina, and then New Jersey. In 1971, he earned a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin in Madison. He also worked as a film critic for the ''Daily Cardinal'' student newspaper. In 1975, he earned an Master of Arts, M.A. in cinema, with honors, at the University of South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peary Nunatak
Peary Nunatak or Peary's NunatakFridtjof Nansen, ''The First Crossing of Greenland'' ii. 18 is a nunatak in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. Geography Peary Nunatak is a nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunataks are also cal ... located southwest of Comanche Bay. It rises south of Whymper Nunatak and northwest of Ravna Nunatak, about west of the seashore. Its elevation is . See also *List of Nunataks#Greenland, List of nunataks of Greenland References Mountains of Greenland, Peary Nunataks of Greenland, Peary {{Greenland-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Peary
Camp Peary is a U.S. military reservation in York County near Williamsburg, Virginia, which hosts a covert CIA training facility known as "The Farm". Officially referred to as an Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity (AFETA) under the authority of the Department of Defense, Camp Peary is approximately 9,000 acres. The Farm is used to train officers of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, as well as those of the DIA's Defense Clandestine Service, among other intelligence bodies. Its facilities are available to the members of the intelligence community for "off-site" activities such as conferences and working groups. Camp Peary has a sister facility, " The Point", located in Hertford, North Carolina. Camp Peary is named for Arctic explorer Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary. Porto Bello, the historic hunting lodge of Lord Dunmore, last royal governor of Virginia, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located on the grounds of Camp Peary. Location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peary Polar Expedition Medal
The Peary Polar Expedition Medal was a commemorative medal awarded to six of the participants of the 1908–1909 Expedition to the North Pole, led by Robert Peary. Authorized by Congress in 1944, the silver medals were presented by the Secretary of the Navy. Establishment The medal was established by Private Law 78-166 on January 28, 1944. The law was entitled, "An act to provide for the presentation of silver medals to certain members of the Peary Polar Expedition of 1908-1909." The law authorized the Secretary of the Navy to have made at the United States Mint, silver medals with which to reward six individuals for their service to the expedition. The medals were to be presented in the name of Congress. Absent from the list of recipients was Peary himself. Appearance The medal is in diameter. The obverse depicts a figure of Peary in a fur hooded parka, holding the tip of a walking pole in his right hand. Below the figure of Peary are the words in three lines: ''PEARY POL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peary Caribou
The Peary caribou (''Rangifer arcticus pearyi'') is a subspecies of caribou found in the Canadian high Arctic islands of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada. They are the smallest of the North American caribou, with the females weighing an average of and the males . In length the females average and the males . Like other caribou, both the males and females have antlers. The males grow their antlers from March to August and the females from June to September, and in both cases the velvet is gone by October. The coat of the caribou is white and thick in the winter. In the summer it becomes short and darker, almost slate-grey in color. The coat is made up of hollow hair which helps to trap warmer air and insulate the caribou. The males become sexually mature after two years and the females after three years. Breeding is in the fall and depends on the female having built up sufficient fat reserves. The gestation period last for seven to eight months and one calf is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peary Arctic Club
The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based Club (organization), club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary (1856–1920). This association of influential persons was able to overcome the opposition of the U.S. Navy Department to grant the indispensable five–year leave for Peary's 1898 Arctic expedition. History The Peary Arctic Club was founded in New York City in 1898 by a group of wealthy New York people. Its members were friends of Peary. The idea of establishing the club had been put forward by Morris Ketchum Jesup, Morris K. Jesup in the spring 1897. One year after the foundation, Morris Jesup was elected in 1899 as the first president of the club. Henry W. Cannon became treasurer, Herbert Bridgman secretary and Frederick E. Hyde vice-president. Judge Charles P. Daly, president of the American Geographical Society was elected to the executive committee of the club. In 1904, the club was able to raise funds to buy Peary a ship for his expedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Robert E
USS may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, a Canadian band * Universal Studios Singapore, a theme park in Singapore Businesses and organizations * Union of Sovereign States, the planned successor to the Soviet Union * Union Switch & Signal, a supplier of railroad switching equipment * Union Syndicale Suisse, the Swiss Trade Union Confederation * United Seamen's Service, a non-profit, federally chartered organization founded in 1942 * United State of Saurashtra, a separate, western State within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956 * United States Senate, the upper chamber of the United States Congress * U.S. Steel Corporation * USA Swimming, formerly United States Swimming, the national governing body for competitive swimming in the US * Universities Superannuation Scheme, a pension scheme in the United Kingdom * United Peasant Party (''Ujedinjena seljačka stranka''), a political party in Serbia Computing * Unformatted System Services, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Robert E
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ''ᛋᛋ'') was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small guard unit known as the ''Saal-Schutz'' ("Hall Security") made up of party volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–1945) it grew from a small paramilitary formation during the Weimar Republic to one of the most powerful organisations in Nazi Germany. From the time of the Nazi Party's rise to power until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, mass surveillance, and state terrorism within Germany and German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the ''Allgemeine SS'' (General SS) and ''Waffen-SS'' (Armed SS). The ''Allgemeine SS' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maersk Peary
''Maersk Peary'' is a tanker, operated by the shipping firm Maersk Line, that was designed for working in the polar regions. History She was built in 2004 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, South Korea, originally with a red hull and registered in Norway as the MT ''Jutul''. In 2011, Maersk won a long-term contract to supply Thule AFB, in Greenland and McMurdo Station, in Antarctica, and the ''Maersk Peary'' was reflagged as an American vessel and painted blue, sailing with an American crew. The vessel was then leased to the Military Sealift Command. As of August 11, 2023, ''Maersk Peary'' sails under the name ''Acadia Trader''. Images USAF_Rising_Star,_used_during_the_2_months_a_year_Thule,_AFB's_port_is_open_--_130925-F-ZZ999-006.JPG, USAF Rising Star pushing the ''Maersk Peary'' at Thule AFB Antarctica- Maersk Peary Tanker Off-Load.jpg, ''Maersk Peary'' off-loading fuel at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica USNS Maersk Peary provides fuel to McMurdo Station in Antar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peary (crater)
Peary is the closest large lunar impact crater to the lunar north pole. At this latitude the crater interior receives little sunlight, and portions of the southernmost region of the crater floor remain permanently cloaked in shadow. From the Earth the crater appears on the northern lunar limb, and is seen from the side. Observation and etymology Since Peary is located nearly on the limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth, high-quality images of the crater were not available until space probes started photographing the Moon; the first high-quality images came from the US Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft. Since it is located nearly at the lunar north pole, it was named after the polar explorer Robert Peary. Physical features Peary is nearly circular, with an outward bulge along the northeast rim. There is a gap in the southwestern rim, where it joins the slightly smaller crater Florey. The outer rim of Peary is worn and eroded, creating a rugged mountainous ring that produces long s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Peary
Mount Peary () is a conspicuous massif, 1,900 m, with a flat, snow-covered summit several miles in extent, surmounted by a marginal peak on the west, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) east-northeast of Cape Tuxen and dominating the area between Wiggins and Bussey Glaciers on Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot and named by him for R. Admiral Robert E. Peary, U.S. Navy, American Arctic explorer and first to attain the North Pole The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distingu ..., in 1909. In 1976, three men in an expedition died while climbing the mountain. See also * Mount Touring Club References SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Martha Henriques: "A Frozen Graveyard: The Sad Tales of Antarctica’s D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum
The Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum is a museum located in the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Named after Arctic explorers and Bowdoin College graduates Robert E. Peary (Class of 1877) and Donald B. MacMillan (Class of 1898), it is the only museum in the lower 48 states of the United States dedicated entirely to Arctic Studies. It opened its doors in 1967. History Bowdoin College’s historic relationship with the Arctic dates back to 1860, when a group of Bowdoin students accompanied professor Paul A. Chadbourne, Paul Chadbourne on a research trip to Labrador and West Greenland. Peary and MacMillan made many trips to the Arctic, together and separately. Bowdoin students also accompanied MacMillan on expeditions in the early-to-mid-20th century. Bowdoin faculty and students continue to take research trips to the Arctic, including a summer 2023 voyage to Labrador aboard the Bowdoin (Arctic schooner), ''Bowdoin''. The Peary� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
