From Hero to Humbug

On October 10, as part of the Archives Week Fair at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., a panel discussion was held on the topic of local polar records collections in the Washington metropolitan area. The speakers included Ellen Alers, of the Smithsonian Institution, who discussed the varied collections related to the polar [...]

This site has changes hosts, and consequently is at a new URL on the web. All the links have been updated and a few points of the content have been corrected. The new host offers greater flexibility for adding to and updating the site and there should be more news postings in the [...]

In 2005, Denali State Park erected a prominent 3×4 foot sign about Dr. Cook as part of its renovation of the viewpoint of the southern flank of the Alaska Range. The viewpoint is located in the park on Route 3, the main road that runs between Anchorage and Fairbanks, and is visited by thousands [...]

Site updated and corrected. Links: The Library of Congress exhibit including a display of Cook artifacts can be found here; look for the section marked “At the Pole.” Ohio State Univerisity Archives collection of papers related to Cook can be found here. The Finding Aid to the personal papers of Frederick A. Cook [...]

Several interesting and detailed articles have appeared in this scholarly journal concerning Dr. Cook’s claim to have climbed Mt. Mckinley; they are in volume 7, #2-3. Additional articles on the counterarguments and methods of the Frederick A. Cook Society can also be found in this journal; they are in volume 9, #2-3.
Many interesting links to [...]

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