争议与皮里主张三大支持论点.pdfVIP

RobertE.Pearywasawell-knownadventurerand

arcticexplorerwhoin1909setouttoreachthe

NorthPole.Whenhereturnedfromtheexpedition,

heclaimedtohavereachedthepoleonApril7,

1909.Thisreportmadehimintoaninternational

celebrity.Thoughsomehistorianshaveexpressed

doubtsthatPearydidinfactreachtheNorthPole,

threeargumentsprovidestrongsupportforthetruth

ofPeary’sclaim.

First,theNationalGeographicSocietyputtogether

acommitteethatwasinstructedtoconducta

thoroughinvestiionofPeary’srecordsand

equipment.Attheendoftheinvestiion,the

committeeconcludedthatPeary’saccountswere

consistentandpersuasiveanddeclaredthathehad

indeedreachedtheNorthPole.

Second,arecentexpeditionprovidessupportfor

Peary’sclaimthathereachedtheNorthPoleinonly

37daysaftersettingoutfromElmereIslandoff

thecoastofGreenland.Skepticsusedtoarguethat

Pearycouldnothavetraveledthatfast,sinceeven

modernsnowmobitakelongertocoverthesame

distance.However,aBritishexplorernamedTom

Averyrecentlymadethesametrekinsthan37

days.Infact,Averyusedasamekindofdogsled

andthesamenumberandbreedofdogsasPeary

had.Thus,Peary’sclaimsarenotimpossibleand

heverywellmighthavebeentellingthetruth.

Third,therearephotographstakenbyPearythat

supporthisclaimtohavereachedtheNorthPole.

MeasuringtheshadowsinPeary’sphotographs

makesitpossibletocalculatetheSurf’spositionin

罗伯特·皮尔里(RobertE.Peary)是一位著名的冒

险家和家，他于1909年出发前往北极。当

他探险归来时，他声称自己于1909年4月7日到达

了极点。这一使他成为国际名人。尽管一些历

史学家对皮里确实到达北极表示怀疑，但三个论点

为皮里的性了强有力的支持。

首先，国家地理学会成立了一个，