Mysteries can offer a bit of a history lesson, as Gary Phillips shows in his exciting “Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem.” Matthew Henson was a real person — a Black explorer who was part of ...

The International Astronomical Union has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, a Black man who in 1909 was one of the first people to stand at the very top ...

Thanks to a UCLA graduate student, a crater on the moon is now named for the famed Arctic explorer Matthew Henson. In 1909, Henson, a Black man, became one of the first people in recorded history to ...

Sometimes it can take decades for society to properly credit those who made history. Matthew Henson is a particular case in point. Henson was the first explorer to reach the North Pole in 1909, though ...

The International Astronomical Union has named a lunar crater–the “Henson Crater”– after Dr. Matthew Alexander Henson, an extraordinary explorer who journeyed to Earth’s North Pole. He led several ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

22 cent Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson stamp art by Dennis Lyall, c. 1986 Loan from the United States Postal Service, Postmaster General's Collection This artwork adorns a postage stamp of Admiral ...

‘Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem’ By Gary Phillips. Agora/Polis, 272 pages, $27.99 Mysteries can offer a bit of a history lesson as Gary Phillips shows in his exciting “Matthew Henson and ...

22 cent Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson stamp art by Dennis Lyall, c. 1986 Loan from the United States Postal Service, Postmaster General's Collection This artwork adorns a postage stamp of Admiral ...

Mysteries can offer a bit of a history lesson as Gary Phillips shows in his exciting “Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem.” Matthew Henson was a real person — a Black explorer who was part of ...