CHAPTER XXIV
Dr. Frederick A. Cook.—Claims discovery of the Pole.—His return from the Arctic.—Reception by the Danes.—Announcement of conquest of the Pole by Peary.—Denounces Dr. Cook.—Acceptance of Peary’s claims by the American Geographical Society.—Dr. Cook sends manuscript to Copenhagen.—Verdict.—Prior claim to the discovery of the North Pole.—Not proven 470
EXPLANATION OF TERMS 477
INDEX 481
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Commander Robert Edwin Peary _Frontispiece_
Hondius his Map of the Arctike Pole, or Northerne World xx
FACING PAGE
Sebastian Cabot 3
Sir Hugh Willoughby 7
Martin Frobisher 10
Sir Humphrey Gilbert 14
Davis’s Ships _Sunshine_ and _Moonshine_ 17
The Death of Henry Hudson 21
Peter Feodorovitsch Anjou 28
Ferdinand von Wrangell 28
Captain John Ross, R.N. 32
Entering Lancaster Sound 52
John Franklin 80
Upernavik 99
Henry Grinnell 110
The Graves on Beechey Island 113
E. K. Kane 120
The Rescue in Melville Bay 128
Landing near Grinnell Cape 170
Nipped in the Ice 180
A Gale in the Arctic Sea 209
The Outlook from Cape George Russell 215
Humboldt Glacier 218
I. I. Hayes 224
Five Members of the Grinnell Expedition 231
Tennyson’s Monument 234
Frobisher’s Map of Meta Incognita 243
Funeral of Captain Hall 254
Jan Mayen Island 273
A. E. Nordenskjöld 288
Foul Bay 305
The _Vega_ in Konyam Bay 309
The Crew of the _Vega_ 316
Disco Island 320
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, U.S.A. 337
W. H. Gilder 344
Captain G. W. De Long, U.S.N. 352
Rear Admiral George W. Melville, U.S.N. 369
Colonel David Legge Brainard, U.S.A. 373
Lieutenant James B. Lockwood, U.S.A. 380
General A. W. Greely, U.S.A. 384
Rear Admiral Schley, U.S.N. 400
The Retreat of 1904—Sledge Column leaving Cape Mellinbock 433
Breaking Camp at Cape Richthope 433
Anthony Fiala 437
Roald Amundsen 444
Cape Flora in Early July, 1904 448
The Coal Mine at Cape Flora 448
The _Roosevelt_ drying her Sails 456
Cairn erected over the Body of Marvin 460
Camp Morris Jesup 462
The Peary Sledge 464
Christmas Dinner on the _Roosevelt_ 464
The Flag that Peary carried to the Pole 468
Map of Arctic Explorations, 1860-1909 474
Transcriber’s Note: There are nine additional illustrations not listed above:
Admiral Sir Edward Belcher 142
Admiral Sir Edward Inglefield, R. N. 147
Map of North America 173
Sir John Franklin’s Record 192
Captain Hall and Eskimos 247
Captain G. S. Nares, F. R. S. 310
Commander A. H. Markham 311
Anniversary Lodge Cross Section 461
The Route Taken by Commander Peary in 1908 469
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