Discover New York City’s connections to historic exploration of both the North and South Poles in this mini-symposium presented by the South Street Seaport Museum and the polar social club, Terror and Erebus Society. Moderated by Allegra Rosenberg, the founder and director of the Terror Camp virtual polar conference, the evening will include three short presentations by Julian Sancton, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, and Erin L Thomson followed by a group discussion, and a Q&A with the audience. Topics will include Frederick A. Cook (1865–1940), the American explorer and physician who claimed to be the first explorer to reach the North Pole in April of 1908; William “Billy” Gawroński (1910–1981), a New York City teenager who attempted to stow away on the first American expedition to Antarctica, which was led by naval officer, aviator, and polar explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (1888–1957) from 1928 to 1930; and Admiral Robert Edwin Peary’s (1856–1920) forced relocation of six Inughuit individuals and the theft of culturally significant objects from Greenland, undertaken on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. A wine reception will follow the program. Advanced registration is encouraged, and walk-ups will be accommodated as space allows.