Matthew Henson published his own account of the North Pole trip, A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (1912), recently republished by Invisible Cities Press (2001). There are also numerous biographies ...

Race to the Frozen North by Catherine Johnson tells the incredible true story of Arctic explorer Matthew Henson. Catherine visited Authors Live to read from the book and talk about how she wrote it.

Our book of the month for October is 'Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story' by Catherine Johnson Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E.