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MARC recordLiars and gentlemen: the saga of Cook and Peary, the initial support and separation from Freuchen and Rasmussen and the role of Eskimo folk memory are recounted / Kenn Harper.
| Title: | Liars and gentlemen: the saga of Cook and Peary, the initial support and separation from Freuchen and Rasmussen and the role of Eskimo folk memory are recounted / Kenn Harper. |
| Author(s): | Harper, Kenn. |
| Date: | 2008. |
| In: | Polar Priorities. (2008.), Vol. 28 (2008) |
| Abstract: | Examines roles of Peter Freuchen and Knud Rasmussen in disgrace of Frederick Cook, and investigates reliability of Inuit folk-memory with reference to testimony confirming Cook's discovery of North Pole. |
| Notes: | Polar Priorities. Vol. 28 :41-51 (2008). |
| Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1907-09 Cook. 92 -- Biographies: Freuchen, Peter. 92 -- Biographies: Cook, Frederick Arthur. 92 -- Biographies: Rasmussen, Knud. 93"19" -- Twentieth century. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*301) -- North Pole. (*41) -- Canada. |
| SPRI record no.: | 186845 |
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