S. Allen Counter, who found descendants of US explorers in Greenland, dies at 73
S. Allen Counter, a Harvard scientist best known for championing the achievements of African-American explorer Matthew Henson and for traveling to Greenland, where he found descendants of Henson and fellow polar explorer Robert E. Peary, died July 12. He was 73.
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