#seeglo

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Matthew Henson - African American who was the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909 with four Inuit men named Ootah, Seeglo, Egingwah, and Ooqueah, on Robert Peary’s expedition.

source: https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/02/28/the-first-man-to-reach-the-north-pole-was-an-african-american-desk-clerk-the-world-forgot/