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COOK, FREDERICK A. My Attainment of the Pole. Plates. Large 8vo, publisher cloth, restoration along the joints and head and tail of backstrip, some spotting and wear to the covers; restoration along the front hinge; some foxing to the frontispiece. New York: The Polar Publishing Co., 1911
first edition. inscribed by cook to J. C. Underwood on the front free endpaper. During his 1907-09 expedition to northwest Greenland, largely undertaken for sport, Cook determined that the attainment of the Pole was possible due to favorable weather conditions. His claim of reaching the Pole on 21 April 1908, however, was largely discredited due to Peary's rival claim. Arctic Bibliography 3389.
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
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