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Cook & Peary : the polar controversy, resolved / Robert M. Bryce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryce, Robert M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.
- Cook, Frederick Albert.
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
- Peary, Robert E.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- United States.
- North Pole.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 1133 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Cook and Peary
- Place of Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [1997]
- Summary:
- On September 1, 1909, Frederick A. Cook announced that he had reached the North Pole. Five days later Commander Robert E. Peary claimed the honor. Through his completely documented research, author Robert Bryce reconstructs events and presents the explorers, their motivations, and their accomplishments in their own words and in the words of their contemporaries. 125 photos.
- Notes:
- Maps of the North Pole on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 987-1122) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0811703177
- OCLC:
- 35280718
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