MY ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE. Being the Record of the Expedition That First Reached the boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy. New Introduction by Robert M. Bryce.

Cook, Dr. Frederick A.

ISBN 10: 0815411375 / ISBN 13: 9780815411376

Published by Cooper Square, 2001., 2001

About this Item

New edition. 8vo. xlviii + 610pp. + index + adverts. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations. Paperback in original pictorial grey wrapps. with white lettering to spine, some minor wear to corners, otherwise very good. ISBN 0815411375 US$15.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MY ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE. Being the Record of the Expedition That First Reached the boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy. New Introduction by Robert M. Bryce.
• Publisher: Cooper Square, 2001.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815411375
• ISBN 13: 9780815411376
• Binding: Soft cover
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Frederick A. Cook was an accomplished doctor, celebrated Arctic and Antarctic explorer, author, and self-proclaimed conqueror of Mt. McKinley. Robert M. Bryce, the leading authority on the two explorers, is the author of Cook and Peary: The Polar Controversy, Resolved. He lives in Monrovia, Maryland, near Washington, D. C.