The Noose of Laurels  -  Wally Herbert

The discovery of the North Pole

KORTE INHOUD

Polar explorer Wally Herbert here exposes the fraudulent claims of Dr Frederick Cook (1908) and Commander Robert Peary (1909) to have reached the North Pole. The former was soon discredited, but Peary's claim received the support of the National Geographic Society of America. In retracing their steps and examining their papers, he uncovers a tale of obsession, rivalry and monumental deception. The first man to cross the Arctic via the North Pole by dogsledge in 1968-9, Wally Herbert recounted this adventure...
1989 Taal: Engels zie alle details...
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1989 Uitgever: Hodder And Stoughton 395 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0340412763 ISBN-13: 9780340412763