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Title: Discovery of the North Pole : Dr. Frederick A. Cook's own story of how he reached the North Pole April 21st, 1908, and the story of Commander Robert E. Peary's discovery April 6th, 1909
Identifier: discoveryofnorth00mill (find matches)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859
Subjects: Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940; Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration; North Pole (Alaska)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : G. A. Parker
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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DR. COOK'S OWN STORY 61 of my men apparently being to conquer and return. On April 8 my ob- servations showed us to be at latitude 86 degrees o minutes 36 seconds, longitude 94 degrees o minutes 2 seconds. Less than 100 miles in nine days.
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From the Washington Star. "Circuitous twists around ice hills too high to be conquered, troublesome pressure lines and old ice dangerous to our dogs and the men themselves forced us to lose much valuable time. "Hasty stock-taking convinced me that we must push forward and make our distance within fourteen days or return with our goal unconquered. East-

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  • booksubject:Peary_Robert_E_Robert_Edwin_1856_1920
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  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia_Pa_G_A_Parker
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