Cook  (kŏŏk)  American physician and Arctic explorer who announced that he had reached the North Pole in 1908, a claim that was rejected by the scientific community. |
Cook, Frederick Albert
American physician and explorer whose claim that he had discovered the North Pole in 1908 made him a controversial figure. His fellow American explorer Robert E. Peary, who is generally credited with having achieved this feat in 1909, denounced Cook's claim
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