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Dec 01, 1873 New Haven, Connecticut, United States Died on 20 May 1936 (aged 62)
American sportsman, adventurer, and author
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About Harry Whitney
- Harry Whitney (December 1, 1873 – May 20, 1936) was an American sportsman, adventurer, and author.
- He traveled to northern Greenland with Robert Peary in 1908, staying over the winter with the Inughuit at Etah and Annoatok.
- In the spring of 1909 Whitney found himself at the center of the controversy between Frederick Cook and Peary over who had reached the North Pole first.
- A year after his return, he published a book on the trip.
- He is sometimes confused with his contemporary Harry Payne Whitney, who was no relation.
