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The Great Polar Fraud

- Cook, Peary, and Byrd?How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole

About The Great Polar Fraud

In 1910 Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo toward the North Pole but soon received word that two Americans--Frederick Cook and Robert Peary--each claimed to have reached the Pole ahead of him. Devastated, Amundsen famously went south. For years Cook and Peary tried to convince the world of their claims.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781629145044
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 368
  • Published:
  • December 3, 2014
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x36 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 612 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: March 5, 2025

Description of The Great Polar Fraud

In 1910 Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo toward the North Pole but soon received word that two Americans--Frederick Cook and Robert Peary--each claimed to have reached the Pole ahead of him. Devastated, Amundsen famously went south. For years Cook and Peary tried to convince the world of their claims.

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