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In the reading, there is ample support for the author's claim that Robert E. Peary has reached the North Pole on April 7, 1909. However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a rebuttal to the author's point.
First of all, the professor argues that the committee's investigation did not work carefully. The professor explains that the committee was very objective, and their evidence of the investigation in terms of Peary's records and equipment was not trustworthy. This casts doubt on the reading passage's assertion that the National Geographic Society put together a committee that was instructed to conduct a complete investigation of Peary's evidence. The writer also contends that the committee concluded that Peary had really reached the North Pole.
In addition, according to the lecturer, when it comes to speed, Peary's claim is not true. The lecturer insists that Peary must have been lack of food. Furthermore, the lecturer argues that with highly unfavorite whether condition, Peary did not reach the North Pole in only 37 days. This refutes the reading passage's argument that a British explorer, who is Tom Avery, recently made the same way in less than 37 days. The writer contends that Avery utilized the same kind of dogsled and the same number and breed of dogs as Peary had.
The final point made by the lecturer is that it is possible for Peary to accurately take the picture of such Surf's position at the North Pole. The professor says that Peary's picture would have been unfocused photographs because he was not able to use on camera to take a picture precisely. This counters the reading passage's claim that Peary taken the photographs at the North Pole. The author contends that The Surf's position established from the photographs corresponds precisely to the Surf's position as it must have been at the North Pole on that day.
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