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Record #145692:

Sextant, speeds and drift: assessing the evidence from Cook's polar journey of 1908 / Sheldon S.R. Cook.

Title: Sextant, speeds and drift: assessing the evidence from Cook's polar journey of 1908 / Sheldon S.R. Cook.
Author(s): Cook, Sheldon S. R.
Date: 1997.
In: Polar Priorities. (1997.), Vol. 17 (1997)
Abstract: Seeks to refute claim made by R.M. Bryce (1997) that F.A. Cook was unable to handle sextant and had inadequate knowledge of navigation to reach North Pole.
Notes:

Polar Priorities. Vol. 17 :28-38 (1997).

Keywords: 527 -- Navigation.
91(08) -- Expeditions: 1907-09 Cook.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*301) -- North Pole.
SPRI record no.: 145692

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