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| Picture No | 10217753 |
| Date | 21st April 1908 |
| Description | The Cook Polar Expedition at the North Pole 1908 |
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Photograph taken by Dr. Frederick A. Cook showing his igloo and Inuit companions, Ah-welsh and Etukishook, at the North Pole. A debate has long raged over whether it was Cook or Peary who first reached the North Pole, but it seems that Dr. Cook had a good claim to be first.
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| Source | Photograph by Frederick A. Cook in 'The Illustrated London News', 2 October 1909, page 471 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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