September 21, 2009
On September 21, 1909, Dr. Frederick Albert Cook arrived in the United Sates from Europe aboard the Oscar II. The liner had lain off Fire Island since three in the afternoon the day before so as not to upset the welcome plans for the Discoverer of the North Pole. She dressed in flags and proceeded [...]
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September 1, 2009
It all began with these words sent in a telegram from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on the morning of September 1, 1909:
REACHED NORTH POLE APRIL 21, 1908. DISCOVERED LAND FAR NORTH. RETURN TO COPENHAGEN BY STEAMER HANS EGEDE. FREDERICK COOK.
It will be 100 years ago tomorrow that those fateful words broke upon an unsuspecting world. For [...]
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