Harry Whitney
American sportsman, adventurer, and author (1873ā1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the American businessman and horse breeder, see Harry Payne Whitney. For other uses, see Harry Whitney (disambiguation).
Harry Whitney (December 1, 1873 ā May 20, 1936) was an American sportsman, adventurer, and author. He traveled to northern Greenland with Robert Peary in 1908, staying over the winter with the Inughuit at Etah and Annoatok. In the spring of 1909 Whitney found himself at the center of the controversy between Frederick Cook and Peary over who had reached the North Pole first. A year after his return, he published a book on the trip.[1] He is sometimes confused with his contemporary Harry Payne Whitney, who was no relation.[2]