매슈 헨슨

소개

매슈 알렉산더 헨슨(Matthew Alexander Henson, 1866년 8월 8일 ~ 1955년 3월 9일)은 미국의 탐험가로 1909년 로버트 에드윈 피어리와 함께 북극을 공동으로 발견한 것으로 가장 잘 알려졌다.

Matthew Alexander Henson was an African-American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. Henson later said that he was the first of their party to reach the North Pole.