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Herbert Milton Frisby
Born: in 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland Died: not known
Interesting Trivia:
- Some of the his personal belongings, such as his trench coat, travel notebooks, maps, cameras and all of his study collection of artifacts, including ivory carvings brought back from the Arctic Circle are on permanent display at the “Banneker-Douglass Museum” in Annapolis, Maryland
- Was a reporter for the “Baltimore Afro-American” during World War II
- Was the Chairman of the Matthew A. Henson memorial projects
- Was, after Matthew Henson, the second black man to go to the North Pole
His Story:
Frisby went to Baltimore City public school and later to Coppin State College.
He was inspired by the stories he heard of the African American Matthew Henson, who lived among the Inuit people and explored the geography of the Arctic.
At age eight, he was told by his school teacher that African Americans don’t accomplish anything as a rule. She said “you’re not going to be able to excel in life the way Matthew Henson did.” Frisby was determined to prove her wrong and that he could be an explorer.
Herbert M. Frisby made two excursions into the Far North, in the summers of 1943 and 1944. One carried him to Hudson Bay and the other to the Aleutians, within sight of the Russian frontier, and beyond the Artic Circle to Kotzebue, Alaska.
Te Papa Whale exhibition in Washington, DC