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    Reference 1971 (1478)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Cook, Frederick A
    Title RETURN FROM THE POLE.
    Publishing Information London: Burke Publishing Co.,1953.
    Description 1st Edition: The original manuscript edited, with appraisal by Frederick J Pohl. 254 pages,illustrated, b/w photos,map on front end paper showing North Polar Region and routes taken by Cook and Peary. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine,no dustjacket. Shelfware, dustjacket nubbled, Contents clean.Sensational vindication of the author's controversial Polar claim to have reached the North Pole in 1908. "The story of the discovery of the north pole in April 1908 and the controversy surrounding it. Who really discovered the north pole, Admiral Peary or Frederick Cook? Here is Dr. Cook's amazing story of his struggle back from the North Pole, a record which vindicates his original claim that he, and not Peary had reached the Pole first. Dr. Cook wrote this final statement in the long and bitter Cook-Peary controversy.
    Price £15.00
    Keywords north pole, peary, arctic S1-Arc
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