ebooks American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition (The American Social Experience) by Kenneth D. Rose in History

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In April of 1909; a year after Frederick Cook claimed to have arrived at the North Pole; Robert Peary (1856-1920) announced that Cook had never reached this point and that he; Peary; was the first man to reach the pole. Peary's record of the expedition tells of the arduous conditions he and his men endured; first breaking through the ice in a ship; then traveling via dog sleds. Along the way; Peary made extensive observations on hunting wildlife such as reindeer and musk-oxen; the geographic wonders of the Pole; and the customs of the Eskimos among whom he spent much valuable time. Peary filled The North Pole with extensive data on his position and movements; information that Cook would attack when the Polar Controversy made international headlines.