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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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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

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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دار النشر: Project Gutenberg
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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
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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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