Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899
A Narrative of the Voyage of the "Belgica" Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole
- 520 pages
- 19 hours of reading
Frederick Albert Cook was a physician and explorer whose expeditions into the Arctic and Antarctic regions formed the basis of his controversial claims. He participated as a physician on significant polar expeditions, contributing to the mapping and understanding of these remote areas. However, his assertions of being the first to summit Denali and reach the North Pole were met with skepticism and ultimately rejected by the scientific community.

A Narrative of the Voyage of the "Belgica" Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole