Cape York meteorite
Videos
The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical group IIIAB. In addition to many small fra
The "Ahnighito" fragment in the American Museum of Natural History
A lance made from a narwhal tusk with an iron head made from the Cape York meteorite
Peary with the Ahnighito fragment
Hall in the American Museum of Natural History with the first three fragments of the Cape York meteorite
Robert Peary
Videos
Robert Edwin Peary was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was long credited as being th
Cape York meteorite
…origin. By the end of the century, the Sowallick irons had been discredited as meteorites. Only in 1894 did a Western explorer reach the meteorite: Robert E. Peary, of the US Navy. Peary enlisted the help of a local Inuk guide, who brought him to the vicinity of the island now known as Meteorite Island. Peary…
At Cape Sheridan on Ellesmere Island, 1909
Peary c. 1900
Matthew Henson, Peary's assistant, in 1910
Peary in civilian clothing