Glory & honor

"The wild howls, pelting snow stings and what looks like a solid icefield one moment can open up into a gaping chasm of death the next. Two Americans - 1 white, 1 black - push onward to their goal of being the first to reach the North Pole. One man will return home to a hero's welcome. The other man will return to anonymity until late 20th century events give him his rightful place of honour. The remarkable story of the all-but-forgotten African-American explorer and his heroic role in one of history's greatest discoveries."@en
"After discovering the North Pole with Robert Peary, Matthew Henson does not receive the same accolades as Peary because of his color."@en
"Story of the all-but-forgotten African-American explorer Matthew Henson and his role in the discovery of the North Pole."@en
""An inspirational 1998 cable portrait of Matthew Henson, the black man who became the second person to reach the North Pole. Henson (1867-1955) is Robert Peary's valet when he first accompanies the obsessed explorer to the Arctic. While Henson is hardly obsequious, he does show Peary the proper respect. Eventually, the explorer comes to respect Henson too, and it's a good thing he does: the film shows that Peary would never have stood 'on top of the world' in 1909 if the resourceful Henson hadn't been behind him every step of the way. Kevin Hooks (Fled) directed on location"--TV guide, March 1, 1998."@en