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By Frederick A. Cook

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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
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
  - 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
  - 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.
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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
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  - My Attainment of the Pole Edition de Luxe
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- My Attainment of the Pole Edition de Luxe

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