Polar Deserts (Internat. Lib.)

Herbert, Wally

Children's Books

Franklin Watts, Inc.

Polar explorer Wally Herbert here exposes the fraudulent claims of Dr Frederick Cook (1908) and Commander Robert Peary (1909) to have reached the North Pole. The former was soon discredited, but Peary's claim received the support of the National Geographic Society of America. In retracing their steps and examining their papers, he uncovers a tale of obsession, rivalry and monumental deception. The first man to cross the Arctic via the North Pole by dogsledge in 1968-9, Wally Herbert recounted this adventure in "Across the Top of the World".

The noose of laurels: The discovery of the North Pole

Travel

Atheneum

<p>Recounts the rivalry between Commander Robert E. Peary and Dr. Frederick Cook, who both claimed to have been the first to reach the North Pole, and evaluates their claims</p>

the Noose of Laurels

History

Anchor

A world of men: Exploration in Antarctica

Eyre & Spottiswoode

Examines man's relationship with the polar regions from the Stone Age to the present and discusses future modification of the temperature balance of the poles.

Polar deserts (International library)

F.Watts

Across the top of the world: The British Trans-Atlantic Expedition

Longmans

Noose of Laurels the Discovery of the No

Grafton Books

The Noose of Laurels: Robert E. Peary and the Race to the North Pole

Americas

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