http://humbug.polarhist.com/news News Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:42:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Copenhagen Decision Today is the hundredth anniversary of what the newspapers called "The Copenhagen Decision."   It marked an end to Frederick Cook's credibility in most people's minds. In September, when he accepted its honorary doctorate, Cook had promised the University at Copenhagen that he would submit his "proofs" that he had ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=225 The paper that does things Today the New York Times enjoys a preeminent place in American media, and this day marks the hundredth anniversary of a little known media event that could be said to mark the beginning of the upward rise of the paper to its current status.  On this ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=214 The full text version of the article detailing the recovery of Frederick A. Cook's original telegram drafts announcing that he had attained the North Pole is now available online.  If the link does not work, simply Google Frederick Cook telegrams. http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=207 A Busy Week A hundred years ago, this was a busy week in the Polar Controversy.   Peary’s long awaited “proofs” that Dr. Cook had not been to the North Pole were released in the form of a statement alleged to have been made by the two Inuit who accompanied him, along ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=182 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 ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=153 September 10 is a notable day in the history of the Polar Controversy. On that day in 1909, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, loaded down with nearly every honor the Danish nation could bestow, departed Copenhagen on the first leg of his journey back to America.  The one exception was the exclusive ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=77 Full details appear in the October issue of Polar Record. The unexpected recovery of the original drafts of Cook’s telegrams sent from Lerwick, Shetland Islands containing the claim that Cook had reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908, appears in full in the October number of Polar Record, a peer-reviewed ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=58 In September 1909, the name of Frederick Albert Cook was on the lips of the entire civilized world. Some said he was the greatest of heroes; others said he was the greatest of scoundrels. To this day Cook remains the most controversial figure in the history of ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=27 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 ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=14 When Dr. Cook returned to the United States in late December 1910 after a year of self-imposed exile following the rejection of his "proofs" to have discovered the North Pole by the University of Copenhagen, he said he had no intention to give lectures or otherwise try to reestablish ... http://humbug.polarhist.com/news/?p=12