Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

1 Bedømmelse

5

Varighed
9T 28M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

In September 1909—after nearly two decades of determined effort and numerous attempts, during which he lost eight toes to frostbite—American polar explorer Robert E. Peary emerged from the Arctic's frozen wasteland and declared that his final expedition had been victorious: on April 6, 1909, Peary had attained the North Pole, a long-sought prize that had thwarted and even killed his predecessors.

Peary's news stunned the international community because a few days earlier his rival, American explorer Frederick A. Cook, had announced a similar victory. Cook's claim—allegedly occurring April 1908—had priority over Peary's. The vehement, often vicious campaign mounted by Peary and his wealthy, powerful backers (including President Theodore Roosevelt) soon discredited Cook but also caused his own claim to be scrutinized and doubted. The conflict ignited the greatest geographical dispute in the history of exploration, a controversy that continues to spark passionate debate.

Was Peary the first explorer to conquer the North Pole? The North Pole, originally published in 1910, makes available Peary's own account of his expedition in the Arctic. It provides hotly contested evidence that remains an indispensable key in deciding who deserved the coveted title "Discoverer of the North Pole." It is also a gripping adventure story that is impossible to put down.

© 2008 Tantor Media (Lydbog): 9781400177929

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 8. september 2008

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Forge of Union, Anvil of Liberty: A Correspondent’s Report on the First Federal Elections, the First Federal Congress, and the Bill of Rights Jeffrey St. John
  2. A Sidecar Named Desire: Great Writers and the Booze That Stirred Them Greg Clarke
  3. Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World David Maraniss
  4. The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement Nate Parker
  5. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West Wallace Stegner
  6. The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution Lindsay M. Chervinsky
  7. Mixing It: Diversity in World War Two Britain Wendy Webster
  8. The Monopolists Mary Pilon
  9. Rebels in Arms: Black Resistance and the Fight for Freedom in the Anglo-Atlantic Justin Iverson
  10. The Naval War of 1812 Theodore Roosevelt
  11. The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera: An Insider's History of the Florida-Alabama Coast Harvey H. Jackson III
  12. The Coming of Democracy: Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson Mark R. Cheathem
  13. Saigon Has Fallen: A Wartime Recollection Peter Arnett
  14. Not Quite World's End John Simpson
  15. My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall John Major
  16. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence Pauline Maier
  17. Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James David Downie
  18. The New Testament: The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians Simon Peterson
  19. Why Learn History: (When It's Already on Your Phone) Sam Wineburg
  20. Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 James Lincoln Collier
  21. My Way!: Leadership Styles Of History's 18 Most Prominent Dictators Anurag Sikder
  22. Grasshoppers In Summer Paul Colt
  23. Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights Robert J. Spitzer
  24. Tomorrow-Land: The 1964–65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America Joseph Tirella
  25. American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West Betsy Gaines Quammen
  26. Commander of the Exodus Yoram Kaniuk
  27. American History Tellers: “The Cold War” and “Prohibition” Audra J. Wolfe
  28. Even the Women Must Fight Karen Gottschang Turner
  29. You Are There! US History: Dramatizations of US History CBS Radio
  30. What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception Scott McClellan
  31. General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor Steven Rabalais
  32. American Heroes: On the Homefront Oliver North
  33. How the States Got Their Shapes Mark Stein
  34. Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas Erica Grieder
  35. Tragedy of Patton, The: A Soldier's Date with Destiny Robert Orlando
  36. The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to the Present Allan J. Lichtman
  37. Jefferson and the Rights of Man: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 2 Dumas Malone
  38. Controversies & Commanders: Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac Stephen W. Sears
  39. Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against a Fascist State in Iraq and the Levant, 1941 John Broich
  40. Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation Harlow Giles Unger
  41. The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy John Roy Price

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet