frederickacook

10 photos tagged frederickacook, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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2010

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Orange Knife said:
I wonder if the photo was taken while Belgica was caught in the ice. I read on Wikipedia they were blocked for one year and they had to carve a waterway for the ship through thick layer of ice of 6 meter for a distance of 75 meters. Impressive !!
Nasjonalbiblioteket said:
Yes, this picture was most likely taken while they were caught in the ice. If you look at the other pictures in the "Belgica"-set, you will see their attempt to carve their way out of the ice.
Orange Knife said:
I did check the set www.flickr.com/photos/national_library_of_norway/sets/721... Thank you for your reply :)

Glue Crue said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Cook but he never reached the north pole
dory (LOC SER) said:
Hi Gluecrue. There was indeed much controversy in his day as to whether Frederick Cook was the first person to reach the North Pole, or in fact did at all. The discussion surrounding Cook's activities (and Robert Peary, another Arctic explorer claiming to have reached the Pole) was widely covered by the newspapers during this time, and, if you're interested, can be explored further by searching for these men in the Chronicling America web site. See chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052114/1909-09-18/ed-... for an example of contemporary coverage of the controversy.