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Arctic Explorer Robert E. Peary | New England by the Numbers

Learn more about Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary.

By Julia Shipley|Dec 15 2016| Print icon

Julia Shipley

Contributing editor Julia Shipley’s stories celebrate New Englanders’ enduring connection to place. Her long-form lyric essay, “Adam’s Mark,” was selected as one of The Boston Globe's Best New England Books of 2014.

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