Robert Peary
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Robert Edwin Peary was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was long credited as being th
At Cape Sheridan on Ellesmere Island, 1909
Peary c. 1900
Matthew Henson, Peary's assistant, in 1910
Peary in civilian clothing
Frederick Cook
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Frederick Albert Cook was an American explorer, medical doctor and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908. A competing claim was made a
Robert Peary
…of the Explorers Club before retiring in 1911. Peary's claim to have reached the North Pole was widely debated along with a competing claim made by Frederick Cook, but eventually won widespread acceptance. In 1989, British explorer Wally Herbert concluded Peary did not reach the pole, although he may have come…
Frederick Cook с. 1906
Alleged photo of Denali's summit, now known as Fake Peak
Photo allegedly taken at, or near, the North Pole
Cook in Arctic gear