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My Attainment of the Pole
By Frederick A. Cook
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Table of Contents
- Press Edition
- MY ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE
- NEW YORK AND LONDON MITCHELL KENNERLEY MCMXIII
- OTHER BOOKS BY DR. COOK
- OTHER BOOKS BY DR. COOK
- To the Pathfinders
- THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE POLAR CONTROVERSY
- DR. COOK IS VINDICATED. HIS DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE IS ENDORSED BY THE EXPLORERS OF ALL THE WORLD.
- DR. COOK IS VINDICATED. HIS DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE IS ENDORSED BY THE EXPLORERS OF ALL THE WORLD.
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- NEW YORK AND LONDON MITCHELL KENNERLEY MCMXIII
- My Attainment of the Pole
- I. THE POLAR FIGHT
- INTO THE BOREAL WILDS
- II Over the Arctic Circle
- II Over the Arctic Circle
- THE DRIVING SPUR OF THE POLAR QUEST
- III Strange Traits of Northernmost Man
- III Strange Traits of Northernmost Man
- TO THE LIMITS OF NAVIGATION
- IV Alone with Our Destiny, Seven Hundred Miles From the Pole
- IV Alone with Our Destiny, Seven Hundred Miles From the Pole
- BEGINNING PREPARATIONS FOR THE POLAR DASH
- V The Pole, the Route, and the Incentive
- V The Pole, the Route, and the Incentive
- THE CURTAIN OF NIGHT DROPS
- VI The Sunset of 1907
- VI The Sunset of 1907
- FIRST WEEK OF THE LONG NIGHT
- VII The Glory of the Aurora
- VII The Glory of the Aurora
- THE MOONLIGHT QUEST OF THE WALRUS
- VIII Five Hundred Miles Through Night and Storm
- VIII Five Hundred Miles Through Night and Storm
- MIDNIGHT AND MID-WINTER
- IX The Coming of the Eskimo Stork
- IX The Coming of the Eskimo Stork
- EN ROUTE FOR THE POLE
- X The Start with Sunrise of 1908
- X The Start with Sunrise of 1908
- EXPLORING A NEW PASS OVER ACPOHON
- XI Breaking a Trail Beyond the Haunts of Man
- XI Breaking a Trail Beyond the Haunts of Man
- IN GAME TRAILS TO LAND'S END
- XII Shores of the Circumpolar Sea
- XII Shores of the Circumpolar Sea
- THE TRANS-BOREAL DASH BEGINS
- XIII Five Hundred Miles From the Pole
- XIII Five Hundred Miles From the Pole
- OVER THE POLAR SEA TO THE BIG LEAD
- XIV To Eighty-Third Parallel
- XIV To Eighty-Third Parallel
- CROSSING MOVING SEAS OF ICE
- XV The First Steps Over the Grinding Central Pack
- XV The First Steps Over the Grinding Central Pack
- LAND DISCOVERED
- XVI Three Hundred Miles to the Apex of the World
- XVI Three Hundred Miles to the Apex of the World
- BEYOND THE RANGE OF LIFE
- XVII Two Hundred Miles From The Pole
- XVII Two Hundred Miles From The Pole
- OVER POLAR SEAS OF MYSTERY
- XVIII One Hundred Miles From the Pole
- XVIII One Hundred Miles From the Pole
- TO THE POLE—THE LAST HUNDRED MILES
- XIX Boreal Center is Pierced
- XIX Boreal Center is Pierced
- AT THE NORTH POLE
- XX Full and Final Proofs of the Attainment
- THE SUN'S TRUE CENTRAL ALTITUDE AT THE POLE.
- COPY OF NOTE IN TUBE.
- THE SUN'S TRUE CENTRAL ALTITUDE AT THE POLE.
- COPY OF NOTE IN TUBE.
- XX Full and Final Proofs of the Attainment
- XX Full and Final Proofs of the Attainment
- THE SUN'S TRUE CENTRAL ALTITUDE AT THE POLE.
- COPY OF NOTE IN TUBE.
- THE SUN'S TRUE CENTRAL ALTITUDE AT THE POLE.
- COPY OF NOTE IN TUBE.
- THE RETURN—A BATTLE FOR LIFE AGAINST FAMINE AND FROST
- XXI Southward Over the Mid-Polar Sea
- XXI Southward Over the Mid-Polar Sea
- BACK TO LIFE AND BACK TO LAND
- XXII Southward Into the American Archipelago
- XXII Southward Into the American Archipelago
- OVERLAND TO JONES SOUND
- XXIII Adrift on an Iceberg
- XXIII Adrift on an Iceberg
- UNDER THE WHIP OF FAMINE
- XXIV Imprisoned by the Hand of Frost
- XXIV Imprisoned by the Hand of Frost
- BEAR FIGHTS AND WALRUS BATTLES
- XXV Game Haunts Discovered
- XXV Game Haunts Discovered
- BULL FIGHTS WITH THE MUSK OX
- XXVI To the Winter Camp at Cape Sparbo
- XXVI To the Winter Camp at Cape Sparbo
- WITH A NEW ART OF CHASE IN A NEW WORLD OF LIFE
- XXVII Coming of the Second Winter
- XXVII Coming of the Second Winter
- A HUNDRED NIGHTS IN AN UNDERGROUND DEN
- XXVIII Life About Cape Sparbo
- XXVIII Life About Cape Sparbo
- HOMEWARD WITH A HALF SLEDGE AND HALF-FILLED STOMACHS
- XXIX Back to Greenland Friends
- XXIX Back to Greenland Friends
- ANNOATOK TO UPERNAVIK
- XXX Along Danish Greenland
- XXX Along Danish Greenland
- FROM GREENLAND TO COPENHAGEN
- XXXI At the Danish Metropolis
- XXXI At the Danish Metropolis
- COPENHAGEN TO THE UNITED STATES
- XXXII Peary's Underhand Work at Labrador
- XXXII Peary's Underhand Work at Labrador
- THE KEY TO THE CONTROVERSY
- XXXIII Actions Which Call for Investigation
- XXXIII Actions Which Call for Investigation
- THE MT. McKINLEY BRIBERY
- XXXIV How a Man's Soul Was Marketed
- THE PEARY-PARKER-BROWN HUMBUG UP TO DATE
- THE PEARY-PARKER-BROWN HUMBUG UP TO DATE
- XXXIV How a Man's Soul Was Marketed
- XXXIV How a Man's Soul Was Marketed
- THE PEARY-PARKER-BROWN HUMBUG UP TO DATE
- THE PEARY-PARKER-BROWN HUMBUG UP TO DATE
- THE DUNKLE-LOOSE FORGERY
- XXXV The Last Perjured Defamation
- XXXV The Last Perjured Defamation
- HOW A GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY PROSTITUTED ITS NAME
- XXXVI The Washington Verdict—The Copenhagen Verdict
- XXXVI The Washington Verdict—The Copenhagen Verdict
- RETROSPECT
- FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX
- COPY OF THE FIELD NOTES
- (Notes usually written at end of day's march.)
- (Notes usually written at end of day's march.)
- QUESTIONS THAT ENTER CALCULATIONS FOR POSITION OF THE NORTH POLE.
- FROM A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POLAR CLAIMS IN A FORTHCOMING BOOK By Captain Thomas F. Hall of Omaha, Neb.
- DR. COOK'S VALID CLAIM.
- VERDICT OF GEN. A. W. GREELY, REAR ADMIRAL W. S. SCHLEY AND OTHER ARCTIC EXPERTS
- DR. COOK'S VALID CLAIM.
- VERDICT OF GEN. A. W. GREELY, REAR ADMIRAL W. S. SCHLEY AND OTHER ARCTIC EXPERTS
- FROM A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POLAR CLAIMS IN A FORTHCOMING BOOK By Captain Thomas F. Hall of Omaha, Neb.
- FROM A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POLAR CLAIMS IN A FORTHCOMING BOOK By Captain Thomas F. Hall of Omaha, Neb.
- DR. COOK'S VALID CLAIM.
- VERDICT OF GEN. A. W. GREELY, REAR ADMIRAL W. S. SCHLEY AND OTHER ARCTIC EXPERTS
- DR. COOK'S VALID CLAIM.
- VERDICT OF GEN. A. W. GREELY, REAR ADMIRAL W. S. SCHLEY AND OTHER ARCTIC EXPERTS
- POSITIVE PROOF OF DR. COOK'S ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE
- Evidence of Cook's Travels
- Absolute Proof of Cook's Claim
- Evidence of His Travels
- Animal Trails Verify Cook's Report
- Peary's Statements Prove Cook's
- More Accurate Observations by Cook Than by Peary
- Armchair Criticisms Unfair
- Evidence of Cook's Travels
- Absolute Proof of Cook's Claim
- Evidence of His Travels
- Animal Trails Verify Cook's Report
- Peary's Statements Prove Cook's
- More Accurate Observations by Cook Than by Peary
- Armchair Criticisms Unfair
- VERDICT OF THE GEOGRAPHIC HISTORIAN
- DR. COOK'S RECORD IS ACCURATE IT IS CERTIFIED—IT IS CORROBORATED
- HE IS THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE
- HE IS THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE
- "All Travellers Called Liars"
- All Discoverers First Doubted
- Cook Must Have Been First
- Cook's Three Achievements
- The Snow Was Purple
- DR. COOK'S RECORD IS ACCURATE IT IS CERTIFIED—IT IS CORROBORATED
- DR. COOK'S RECORD IS ACCURATE IT IS CERTIFIED—IT IS CORROBORATED
- HE IS THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE
- HE IS THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE
- "All Travellers Called Liars"
- All Discoverers First Doubted
- Cook Must Have Been First
- Cook's Three Achievements
- The Snow Was Purple
- FOR A NATIONAL INVESTIGATION A REQUEST
- COPY OF TELEGRAM SENT TO FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT
- AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON
- AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON
- COPY OF TELEGRAM SENT TO FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT
- COPY OF TELEGRAM SENT TO FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT
- AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON
- AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON
- CAN THE GOVERNMENT ESCAPE THE RESPONSIBILITY?
- THE SPEAKER'S ROOM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- THE SPEAKER'S ROOM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- INDEX
- INDEX OF NEW MATERIAL
- OTHER BOOKS BY DR. COOK
- Through the First Antarctic Night
- To the Top of the Continent
- My Attainment of the Pole Edition de Luxe
- OTHER BOOKS BY DR. COOK
- Through the First Antarctic Night
- To the Top of the Continent
- My Attainment of the Pole Edition de Luxe
- COPY OF THE FIELD NOTES
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