"Ahdoolo" - The Story of Matthew Henson


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Darenzo Nettles (left) Mikia Matthews (center) and Richo McLaine (right) all gather at the overhead projector. 

The two boys stand at attention while Mikia explains what latitude, and longitude are and how these degrees can be divided into minutes , nautical, and statute land miles. Thus, this is how Henson and Peary were able to navigate their way around the North Pole. 

Matthew, also had the ability to use "dead reckoning" and determine where he was and how far he had traveled.


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