Frederick Cook and the Forgotten Pole

• Main Author: Randall J. Osczevski
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; North Pole; Peary; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.4962; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic56-2-207.pdf

IN 1909, DR. FREDERICK A. COOK created a worldwidesensation when he announced that he had reached theNorth Pole. Although the debate about Cook’s expedi-tion still rages in some circles and new books are published on the controversy each decade, most polar historians and editors of encyclopedias agr...