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Title: My Attainment of the Pole
Condition: New
Author: Frederick A Cook
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0815411375
EAN: 9780815411376
ISBN: 9780815411376
Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Genre: History
Topic: Travel & Transport
Release Date: 27/02/2001
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 227mm
Item Length: 160mm
Item Width: 43mm
Item Weight: 1129g
Release Year: 2001

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