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Picture No 11959377
Date 21 April 1908
Description Dr. Frederick Cook photograph of Eskinmo companisions 1908
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Polar exploration in 1908, Dr. Frederick Cook's photograph of an igloo with the Stars and Stripes, United States of America's flag with two Eskimos companisions, Etukishook and Ahwelsh. The claims that the North Pole was discovered by Cook, an American explorer who reached the North Pole in April 1908, but he was unable to produce convincing proof and his claim are not widely accepted.
Source Photograph in 'The Sphere', 2 October 1909, page 6
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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