True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole, (Paperback)

from morbidromantic

True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole by Bruce Henderson places itself within the longstanding debate of who reached the North Pole first: Dr. Frederick A. Cook or Navy Officer Robert E. Peary. Both claimed to have reached it within one year of each other, Cook in April of 1908 and Pe...

from sriemann

It took a little bit to get into this book, but once I did, I listened to it everyday on my way home from work as a way to let go of the thoughts of work. As the polar race progressed, the author's bias did show, but after listening to the whole book, I think some bias towards Cook was really des...

from dougcornelius

I learned that Peary had discovered the North Pole. Turns out that may not be true. Bruce Hendeson tells the story of Cook and Peary both trying to be the first to reach the North Pole. Both men had worked together on an earlier norther expedition. Cook had parted ways and explored Alaska. Then t...