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Frederick Albert Cook
1865-1940
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A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909.
He was the first American to spend forced winters in both the Antarctic and the Arctic and is credited with saving the "Belgica" expedition to the South Polar regions in 1897-99.
In 1906 his first reported ascent of Alaska's Mt. McKinley (which he was the first to circumnavigate in 1903) was accepted until a bitter controversy arose in late 1908 about Cook's claim to having reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908 just one year ahead of Robert Edwin Peary. Cook was knighted by the King of the Belgians, honored by geographical societies and authored five books about his experiences. He received a Presidential pardon for a federal conviction in 1923 involving Texas oil properties, which resulted in immense wealth after he was in federal prison. Cook was born in Hortonville, NY in 1865 and died in New Rochelle, NY in 1940. A historical marker is near his remains in Forest Lawn, Buffalo, NY. |
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Cook & Peary
The Polar Controversy, Resolved
by Robert M. Bryce
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The North Pole is a desolate place. But it's at the top of the world and holds magnetic allure. Two explorers made mad dashes for it in 1908 and 1909. Within five days of each other, both Frederick Cook and Robert Peary claimed to have gotten there first. Together they inspired a bitter and never-ending controversy about who is the real Columbus of the Arctic. Every decade or so a new author claims to offer the "final word" on this dispute. In this massive book (1,133 pages), Robert Bryce may at last live up to the billing. His intriguing proposal: Both men failed, knew it and lied about it.
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My Attainment of the North Pole
by Frederick Albert Cook, Robert M. Bryce
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Cook's account of his expeditions to the polar regions, especially the Noth Pole.
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Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899
by Frederick A. Cook
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A Narrative of the Voyage of the Belgica Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea. About the South Pole.
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To the Top of the Continent
by Frederick A. Cook
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90th Anniversary reprint edition of Cook's account of the first ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1906. The first to circumnavagate McKinley in 1903, Cook's claim would later be rejected by many, but in 1994 an expedition followed his route and determined that he had been where he described in his 1907 first edition. Contributions and maps by the 1994 Ruth Glacier Expedition and new photos along with the first publication of Cook's diary and index.
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