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Bookmark or Share- The Arctic Feud That Divided America - TIMEO n the surface, at least, the beef between Frederick Cook and Robert Peary was not political. Both men were turn-of-the century Arctic explorers, not presidential candidates, competing not for ...
- Who Discovered the North Pole? | SmithsonianFrederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed they discovered the North Pole. AGIP / Rue des Archives / The Granger Collection, New York. On September 7, 1909, readers of the New York Times ...
- The Antarctic Expedition That Changed Modern Medicine - TIMEFrederick Albert Cook, the physician aboard the Belgica, during the austral winter of 1898. Courtesy of the National Library of Norway Lecointe became a guinea pig for the Cook regimen.
- North Pole Expedition - Frederick Cook PolarThe North Pole Expedition (1907 – 1909) Returning from his 1906 Mt. McKinley expedition a hero, Dr. Cook lectured about his achievement as opportunities arose, but reluctantly returned to his medical practice. “After my Alaskan expeditions, the routine of my Brooklyn office work seemed like the confinement of prison…I convinced myself ...
- The Frederick A. Cook Society - The official website of the Frederick A ...A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909. Many authorities acknowledge him as the discoverer of the geographical North Pole in 1908. He was the first American to spend forced winters in both the Antarctic and the Arctic and is credited with ...
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