Did Robert Peary Pay for the Meteorite?

The three large pieces which would later be named tent, woman and dog, would all travel to the us. Peary planned to bring it by ship all the way back to america and sell it. According to jenny, peary needed the cash. Exploring was expensive. Polar explorers in the seventeenth century often were only able to do their work if they could convince the government or some other wealthy benefactors to bank roll them. Often the support came from those who would find material benefit from a new shipping passage. For instance, while robert peary was over wintering in northern greenland, taking a second inhuit wife, alacosina, and starting a