Race to the Frozen North The Matthew Henson StoryA thrilling fictionalised account of the life of Matthew Henson, the first African American man to travel to the North Pole, from the Carnegie nominated author Catherine Johnson. Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become navigator, craftsman, translator, and right hand man on a treacherous journey to the North Pole. Defying the