The North Pole: The Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

Peary, Robert E. With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt

Verlag: Frederick A. Stokes and Co, New York, 1910

Beschreibung

Octavo, 373pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Top edge is gilt. "September 1910" on copyright page. Map at end of book. Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 - February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole -- a claim that subsequently attracted much criticism and controversy, and is today widely doubted. Narrative of Peary's last expedition, 1908-09, on the Roosevelt, describing the passage through the ice of Smith Sound-Robeson Channel, the wintering at Camp Jesup, Cape Sheridan, north of Ellesmere Island, and the march on the Pole,which was reached on April 6, 1909. Peary's record was disputed by Dr. Frederick Cook, who claimed to have preceded him in 1908, but Cook's claim was disallowed, and many arctic scientists agree that Peary was the first man to reach the Pole. It will probably never be proven whether or not Peary was there or not. It is likely he got close and believed he did reach it. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 023489

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Titel: The North Pole: The Discovery in 1909 Under ...

Verlag: Frederick A. Stokes and Co, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1910

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Photos/Illustrations

Zustand: Very Good/No Jacket

Auflage: First American