Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940)
. Cook caught th polar wanderlust only a year after his graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York University in 1890, . First going north with the young naval civil engineer Robert E. Peary on his North Greenland Expedition in 1891, Cook earned Peary's praise for "...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65351 2023-05-15T14:19:16+02:00 Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940) Gibbons, Russell W. 1983-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65351 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65351/49265 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65351 ARCTIC; Vol. 36 No. 4 (1983): December: 311–395; 382-383 1923-1245 0004-0843 Biographies Cook Frederick Albert 1865-1940 Expeditions Explorers History Canadian Arctic Islands Canadian Arctic Islands waters North Pole info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion other 1983 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:25Z . Cook caught th polar wanderlust only a year after his graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York University in 1890, . First going north with the young naval civil engineer Robert E. Peary on his North Greenland Expedition in 1891, Cook earned Peary's praise for "unruffled patience and coolness in an emergency". . None of Cook's first seven expeditions ventured into the Queen Elizabeth Islands. But his eighth - his longest, most celebrated, and most controversial - took him into that region for two years. . Leaving his base camp at Annoatuk in February 1908 with Rudolph Francke, his German assistant, 10 Eskimos, 11 sledges, and 105 dogs, he followed Sverdrup's game lands through Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg islands, reached Cape Stallworthy, and went over the sea due north. His last supporting party turned back after three days' march, and with two Eskimo companions, Cook fought pressure ridges and ice floes to reach what he determined to the geographical North Pole on 21 April 1908 . The return journey was an epic in sledge travel - in terms of pure survival, a classic experience. After living in an ancient Eskimo cave on Devon Island through the polar night of 1908-1909, Cook and his party returned to Greenland, whence he sailed to the adulation of the world, first in Copenhagen, later in New York. Cook's wire that he had reached the Pole was sent on 1 September 1909; Peary's announcement followed five days later. The great controversy that began then is still simmering today. . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Devon Island eskimo* Greenland North Greenland North Pole polar night Queen Elizabeth Islands University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Cape Stallworthy ENVELOPE(-93.502,-93.502,81.385,81.385) Devon Island ENVELOPE(-88.000,-88.000,75.252,75.252) Greenland Heiberg ENVELOPE(13.964,13.964,66.424,66.424) North Pole Patience ENVELOPE(-68.933,-68.933,-67.750,-67.750) Peary ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250) Rudolph ENVELOPE(-62.433,-62.433,-64.900,-64.900) ARCTIC 36 4 |
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. Cook caught th polar wanderlust only a year after his graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York University in 1890, . First going north with the young naval civil engineer Robert E. Peary on his North Greenland Expedition in 1891, Cook earned Peary's praise for "unruffled patience and coolness in an emergency". . None of Cook's first seven expeditions ventured into the Queen Elizabeth Islands. But his eighth - his longest, most celebrated, and most controversial - took him into that region for two years. . Leaving his base camp at Annoatuk in February 1908 with Rudolph Francke, his German assistant, 10 Eskimos, 11 sledges, and 105 dogs, he followed Sverdrup's game lands through Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg islands, reached Cape Stallworthy, and went over the sea due north. His last supporting party turned back after three days' march, and with two Eskimo companions, Cook fought pressure ridges and ice floes to reach what he determined to the geographical North Pole on 21 April 1908 . The return journey was an epic in sledge travel - in terms of pure survival, a classic experience. After living in an ancient Eskimo cave on Devon Island through the polar night of 1908-1909, Cook and his party returned to Greenland, whence he sailed to the adulation of the world, first in Copenhagen, later in New York. Cook's wire that he had reached the Pole was sent on 1 September 1909; Peary's announcement followed five days later. The great controversy that began then is still simmering today. . |
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