# Kudlooktoo — A Negro Explorer at the North Pole character guide

> Kudlooktoo in A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew Henson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-a-negro-explorer-at-the-north-pole

## Who they are

Eskimo member of the expedition team.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/i)

Orphan Eskimo boy adopted by Henson during the 1893 expedition; his mother had died just before arrival at Red Cliffs; learned to speak English and slept under Henson's bunk.

### [Fighting Up the Polar Sea—Held Up by the 'Big Lead'](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/xi)

Busts his sledge so badly it must be abandoned; is chastened by Peary and sent back to land for a replacement.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/xviii)

Accompanies MacMillan and Jack Barnes to Fort Conger for tidal observations.

### [The Roosevelt Starts for Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/xix)

Not directly mentioned in the excerpts, but likely part of the Eskimo families aboard.

### [Appendix I: Notes on the Eskimos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/appendix-i-notes-on-the-eskimos)

One of the few Eskimos who could speak English intelligently.

### [Appendix II: List of Smith Sound Eskimos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/appendix-ii-list-of-smith-sound-eskimos)

Listed as Kud-lo̍ok-too* in the appendix, indicating a male Eskimo.

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