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The reading claims that some historians have expressed doubts that Peary, who was a well known advanturer and arctic explorer, did in fact reach the North Pole and provides three arguments to support the truth of Peary's claims. In contrast, the professor states that there is no solid evidence and the arguments in the passage are not convincing.

First, the article avers that the National Geographic Society put together a committee that was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation of Peary's records and equipment and they concluded that the Peary's accounts were true. However, the lecturer opposes this point by saying that the committee was not completely objective and the members were friends of Peary. In addition, the investigation lasts for two days and they didn't carefully make investigation. In fact, she mentions that the committee was biases and not trustfull.

Second, the passage posits that a British explorer named Tom Avery recently made the same trek in less than 37 days as Peary did. On the other hand, the speaker counters this point by stating that the trip of Tom is different from the trip of Peary. Actually, she argues that the slide was not the similar as Peary's slide because it was light. She says that Tom didn't carry his food, but Peary carried his food with him in the slide. Moreover, Tom traveled in a good weather condition and Peary traveled in bad weather condition so they are different and this approves that Peary didn't reach the Pole.

Third, the article asserts that there are photographs taken by Peary that support his claim to have reached the North Pole. Conversely, the professor casts doubt on this point by explaining that photographs don't approve that. He explains that scientists depended on the shadow on the photographs and it was precise to establish the Surf s position. However, Peary used primitive camera and it was fussy, besides it was faded. As a result, the shadow looked blurred and this approves that scientistis are not confident that photgraphs were taken in the North Pole.