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    Reference 4335 (2428)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Herbert, Wally
    Title THE NOOSE OF LAURELS: Discovery of the North Pole.
    Publishing Information London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1989. 0340412763
    Description 1st UK Edition; 395 pages, 16 pages b/w photos plus 10 maps and diagrams. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Age toning to page edges, contents clean. Polar explorer and writer Wally Herbert here exposes the fraudulent claims of Dr Frederick Cook (1908) and Commander Robert Peary (1909) to have reached the North Pole. The former was soon discredited, but Peary's claim received the support of the National Geographic Society of America. In retracing their steps and examining their papers, he uncovers a tale of obsession, rivalry and monumental deception. The Author was the first man to cross the Arctic via the North Pole by dog sled in 1968 to 69 and recounts this adventure in "Across the Top of the World".
    Price £12.50
    Keywords Arctic, Antartic, exploration, eskimo S1-Arc
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