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La Conquete du Pole Nord: Peary and Cook battle for the Pole (cartoon)
France periodical
Sept. 19, 190917 11/16 x 12 3/16 in. (45 x 31 cm)
Le Petit Journal Primary
Object Type:
periodical
Creation Places:
Europe, France
Medium and Support:
paper
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. William J. Nightingale, Class of 1951
Accession Number:
2001.17
The Sunday illustrated supplement of the Paris newspaper Le Petit Journal, for September 19, 1909, shows Robert E. Peary and Frederick Cook battling at the North Pole, observed by penguins: "The Conquest of the North Pole / Dr. Cook and Commander Peary argue over glory." The accompanying article describes their competing claims, along with a poem about the events. The debate was nationalist as well as intense.
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Latitude: 48.856613, Longitude: 2.352222
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- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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