DOWNLOAD: Lowell Thomas made this amazing 1939 interview
with Matt Henson (600 KB)
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Lowell Thomas: He was quite possibly the most
remarkable man in the 20th Century... There wasn't a
corner of the earth that he didn't travel to, and he
took his audience, in the form of radio listeners,
book, newspaper, and magazine readers, Cinerama
fans, or television viewers with him. |
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Lawrence
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“The morning of April sixth I found we were in the
middle of hummock ice. I calculated about how far I had
come, and I said to myself, ‘If I’m not on the Pole,
I’ve crossed it, so I don’t have to go no further.’
....“After Peary finished making his observations,” said
Henson, “he just about collapsed. He couldn’t walk. We
had to put him on a sledge. Man, that was a march back!
Again traveling eighteen to twenty hours out of every
twenty-four. And was it cold! The Commander says to me,
‘Matt, don’t work the Eskimos and the dogs to death.’
I says, ‘I know, Commander, but we got to make it.’"
(interviewed by Lowell Thomas) |
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Famous journalist Lowell Thomas interviewed
Matt Henson and captured his unique conversational style. A true
Matt classic! |
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