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1 online resource (462 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1. Peary's Early Life; 2. Cook's Childhood; 3. Amundsen-The Napoleon of the North Makes His Entrance; 4. Peary Gets the Exploration Bug; 5. Getting Back to Greenland; 6. Peary Meets Cook; 7. Peary Travels North; 8. Home From Greenland; 9. Byrd's Early Steps; 10. Mixed Fortunes on the Ice; 11. Peary's Third Greenland Expedition; 12. Cook's Second Greenland Expedition; 13. Peary Searches for Shooting Stars; 14. The Doldrums; 15. Cook and Amundsen in the Antarctic; 16. Peary and the Meteorites. |
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17. Cook Climbs Toward the Top of the Continent18. Amundsen on the Northwest Passage; 19. Peary's Penultimate Expedition, 1904-1906; 20. Cook Returns to McKinley; 21. Peary and Cook Meet Again; 22. Cook Plans for the Pole; 23. Amundsen Eyes the Pole; 24. Cook Heads North; 25. Peary Leaves for the Pole; 26. Peary Vents his Rage on Cook's Companion; 27. Cook Reaches for the Pole; 28. Peary Heads North; 29. A Curious Newspaper Headline; 30. Cook Returns; 31. Cook Reaches Europe; 32. Amundsen Sets Out for the North Pole; 33. Peary Reaches the Pole?; 34. Peary Returns. |
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35. Amundsen Changes His Mind36. Peary Reacts to Cook Claim; 37. Race for the South Pole; 38. Cook and Peary at War; 39. Amundsen After the South Pole; 40. Byrd Spreads His Wings; 41. Amundsen Makes Further Flights; 42. The Race Is On; 43. Wings Near the Pole; 44. The Pole at Last-Thoroughly at Peace with all the World; Epilogue; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In 1910 Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo toward the North Pole but soon received word that two Americans-Frederick Cook and Robert Peary-each claimed to have reached the Pole ahead of him. Devastated, Amundsen famously went south. For years Cook and Peary tried to convince the world of their claims. Finally the National Geographic Society endorsed Peary, and the matter seemed settled. In May 1926 an American airman, Richard Byrd, flew north in a three-engine plane, and returned with a log showing that he had flow exactly over the geographical North Pole, becoming the third man to reach that mythical spot. New evidence casts doubts on the claims of Cook, Peary, and Byrd, putting Amundsen center stage as the rightful conqueror of both poles. |
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Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
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Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
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Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957. (OCoLC)fst00036567
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Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940. (OCoLC)fst00068543
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920. (OCoLC)fst00016828
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
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Voyages and travels -- History.
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North Pole.
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Discoveries in geography -- History.
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Explorers -- United States.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Discovery and exploration, American. (OCoLC)fst01352743
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Explorers. (OCoLC)fst00918556
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Voyages and travels. (OCoLC)fst01169308
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Arctic Ocean -- North Pole.
(OCoLC)fst01242502
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Arctic Regions. (OCoLC)fst01240227
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Galvin, Anthony. Great Polar Fraud : Cook, Peary, and Byrd: How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, ©2014 9781629145044 |
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9781629149684 (electronic bk.) |
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1629149683 (electronic bk.) |
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