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Record #197023:

Sextant, 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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