قراءة كتاب 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

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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

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Verdict of the Geographic Historian (By Edwin Swift Balch) 595 Dr. Cook's Record is Accurate—It is Certified—It is Corroborated—He is the Discoverer of the North Pole. A Request for a National Investigation (By Dr. Frederick A. Cook) 600 Nation should decide—Congress Should Investigate Rival Claims—Letter to the President. Can the Government Escape the Responsibility (By Fred High, Editor of the Platform) 605 Cook Should Have a Fair Deal—An Unbiased Comparison—Letters to and from Prominent Men.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frederick A. Cook	Frontispiece
	FACING PAGE
Rudolph Francke in Arctic Costume	12
Midnight—"A Panorama of Black Lacquer and Silver"	13
On the Chase for Bear—The Box-House at Annoatok and its Winter Environment	76
Man's Prey of the Arctic Sea—Walrus Asleep	77
The Helpers—Northernmost Man and His Wife	108
A Mecca of Musk Ox Along Eureka Sound—A Native Helper—Ah-We-Lah's Prospective Wife	109
The Capture of a Bear—Rounding Up a Herd of Musk Oxen	140
Svartevoeg—Camping 500 Miles from the Pole	141
"The Igloo Built, We Prepare for Our Daily Camp"	172
Camping to Eat and Take Observations—On Again	173
Dashing Forward En Route to the Pole	204
Departure of Supporting Party—A Breathing Spell—Poleward	205
Bradley Land Discovered—Submerged Island of Polar Sea—Going Beyond the Bounds of Life	236
Swift Progress over Smooth Ice—Building an Igloo—A Lifeless World of Cold and Ice	237
"Too Weary to Build Igloos, We Used the Silk Tent" "Across Seas of Crystal Glory to the Boreal Centre"	268
Mending Near the Pole	269
First Camp at the Pole, April 21, 1908	300
At The Pole—"We Were the Only Pulsating Creatures in a Dead World of Ice"	301
"With Eager Eyes We Searched the Dusky Plains of Crystal, But There Was No Land, No life, To Relieve the Purple Run of Death"	332
Record Left in Brass Tube at North Pole	333
Observation Determining the Pole—Photograph from Original Note	364
Back to Land and Back to Life—Awakened by a Winged Harbinger	365
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