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MARC recordSextant, speeds and drift: the polar journey of Frederick Albert Cook, the discovery of the North Pole, April 21 1908 / Sheldon S.R. Cook.
| Title: | Sextant, speeds and drift: the polar journey of Frederick Albert Cook, the discovery of the North Pole, April 21 1908 / Sheldon S.R. Cook. |
| Author(s): | Cook, Sheldon S. R. |
| Date: | [n.d.] |
| Abstract: | Argues that Inuit testimony of Cook's journey to North Pole, heard by Knud Rasmussen and Danes at Cape York and by Whitney and members of Stolberg-de-Quervain Expedition in north-western Greenland in spring and summer of 1909 is consistent internally, consistent with geographical facts, and also with Cook's own account of North Pole expedition. |
| Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1907-09 Cook. 93"190" -- 1900-1909. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*301) -- North Pole. (*41) -- Canada. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*3) : 91(08)[1907-09] |
| SPRI record no.: | 197023 |
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