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Marie Ahnighito Peary was born on an icy bay in northern Greenland, an event that stunned Victorian society. The daughter of prominent American parents entered the world within a tarred lodge at the edge of the known world. Inuit visitors were amazed by the blond, blue‑eyed infant, who earned the nickname "Snow Baby." While other girls her age studied sewing and other "womanly" arts, Marie’s youth unfolded on a very different stage: she wore caribou‑skin pants, slid down glacial cliffs, and forged friendships with Inuit children, merging the worlds of American family life and Arctic exploration.
First publish date: November 28, 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Katherine Kirkpatrick
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