The Big Nail: The Story of the Cook-Peary FeudAnalysis of Cook's and Peary's rival claims to have been first to reach the North Pole and of the subsequent controversy. Also discusses Peary's earlier Arctic expeditions. Generally unfavourable towards Peary; sympathetic towards Cook. |
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Page 175
... igloos to save time and strength that would have been expended in constructing new igloos and in trail breaking.16 This theory differs from that presented by Cook , who said the igloos would be uninhabitable and probably blown down by ...
... igloos to save time and strength that would have been expended in constructing new igloos and in trail breaking.16 This theory differs from that presented by Cook , who said the igloos would be uninhabitable and probably blown down by ...
Page 191
... igloos and go to sleep . The Arctic sun was shining brightly on the morning of April 7th when we crawled out of our igloos . The temperature was 33 ° F. below . Expectation was written on every face . . . for we knew that observation ...
... igloos and go to sleep . The Arctic sun was shining brightly on the morning of April 7th when we crawled out of our igloos . The temperature was 33 ° F. below . Expectation was written on every face . . . for we knew that observation ...
Page 208
... igloos , which fortu- nately remained in the same places they had been on the forward journey . At 3 A.M. on April ... igloos where Marvin and Bartlett had been delayed by wide leads , now frozen over . My Eski- mos identified the igloos ...
... igloos , which fortu- nately remained in the same places they had been on the forward journey . At 3 A.M. on April ... igloos where Marvin and Bartlett had been delayed by wide leads , now frozen over . My Eski- mos identified the igloos ...
Contents
PEARY CROSSES | 35 |
PEARY STARTS FOR THE NORTH COOK HEADS TOWARD | 55 |
PEARYS TARGET | 73 |
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