My Attainment of the Pole
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0815411375
ISBN-13
9780815411376
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Imprint
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 27th, 2001
Print length
670 Pages
Weight
1,129 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 16.00 x 4.30 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: generalGeographical discovery & explorationTravel writing
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Cook, allegedly the first man to reach the North Pole, recounts his adventures at the top of the world, his meetings with eskimos and his hunting of musk ox, plus his subsequent debates with Robert Peary after he had returned to his homeland.
The subzero temperatures were only one of the dangers explorer Frederick Cook (1865-1940) faced in his attempts to reach the North Pole. During his extraordinary and harrowing journey, he fought off arctic wolves and polar bears, lived through ice storms, almost starved on several occasions, and faced long and lonely hours of isolation. His book relates how he learned from Eskimos how to survive in the Arctic, hunting musk ox to survive, harpooning walruses, and traveling by dog sled. After his journey, he defended himself against the charges of fellow explorer Robert Peary, who claimed that Cook had lied about reaching the Pole. My Attainment of the Pole is not only a great read for any armchair explorer, it is also a controversial work that contributed to a dispute that lasted for decades.
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