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Arctic Night I The Arctic explorer Matthew Henson was born in Maryland on this day in 1866.

An African American explorer, Henson joined Robert E. Peary on seven Arctic expeditions. In 1909, the group was successful in reaching the North Pole. Henson and four Inuit guides actually reached the spot before Peary did.

In Arctic Night I, printmaker Gabor Peterdi evokes the massive presence and eerie hues of polar ice.

Pictured: Gabor Peterdi, born Hungary 1915, Arctic Night I, 1964, color collagraph, etching, and engraving on paper, 24 x 35 3/4 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase.