Jillian and Haley spend the beginning of the new year talking about how the first person to stand on the North Pole may have actually been an African-American man, Matthew Henson, and hope to give credit where credit is due. Haley talks about the polar bear for conservation corner.
Sources:
The Legacy of Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson, James Edward Mills, National Geographic
Matthew A. Henson: The first African American to reach the North Pole, Erika Cosme, The Mariners’ Museum
Robert Peary, Wikipedia
North Pole, Wikipedia
Polar Bear, World Wildlife Fund
