Frederick Cook’s 1907–1909 Arctic expedition

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Arctic expedition historical event polar expedition

Frederick Cook’s 1907–1909 Arctic expedition was a controversial polar journey during which Cook claimed, but was later widely doubted, to have been the first to reach the North Pole.

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Frederick Cook’s 1907–1909 Arctic expedition canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic expedition ⓘ historical event ⓘ polar expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cook’s North Pole expedition ⓘ
baseOfOperations	Anoritoq, Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ Smith Sound region NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimDate	1908-04-21 ⓘ
claimedAchievement	first attainment of the North Pole ⓘ
controversy	accuracy of Cook’s claimed position at the North Pole ⓘ adequacy of Cook’s navigational records ⓘ conflicting testimony from Inuit companions ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfLeader	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
disputedBy	American Geographical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Peary NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Geographical Society members NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentationAuthor	Frederick Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	My Attainment of the Pole NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1909 ⓘ
era	Heroic Age of Polar Exploration NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent investigations into Cook’s polar claims ⓘ
goal	to reach the geographic North Pole ⓘ
historicalAssessment	Cook’s claim to have reached the North Pole is widely rejected by historians ⓘ
impactOnReputation	led to long-term damage to Frederick Cook’s scientific credibility ⓘ
includedParticipant	Frederick Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ Inuit guides ⓘ Inuit hunters ⓘ
leader	Frederick Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	influenced standards for documenting polar exploration ⓘ sparked the Cook–Peary North Pole controversy ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive newspaper coverage in 1909 ⓘ
notableInuitCompanion	Ahwelah GENERATED ⓘ Etukishook GENERATED ⓘ
precededBy	Frederick Cook’s 1903–1906 Antarctic expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDateOfAccount	1909 ⓘ
regionExplored	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ polar sea north of Greenland ⓘ
result	controversial claim of reaching the North Pole ⓘ
routeDirection	northward over sea ice from northern Greenland ⓘ
shipUsed	Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor	John R. Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1907 ⓘ
subjectOf	historical debates on first attainment of the North Pole ⓘ scholarly reassessments of polar exploration records ⓘ
usedNavigationMethod	dead reckoning ⓘ sextant observations ⓘ
usedTransportation	dog sled ⓘ ship ⓘ

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1908–1909 North Pole expedition → relatedEvent → Frederick Cook’s 1907–1909 Arctic expedition ⓘ