Frederick Albert Cook
The first person to claim to have reached the Pole was Frederick Albert Cook, an American explorer who claimed that he reached it in 1908. Cook's claim was disputed a year later when the Arctic explorer, Robert Edwin Peary, also an American, claimed to be the first person to reach the Pole.
Posted By: The Judge on October 4th 2005 at 14:06:41
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- Who was the first explorer to reach the north pole? (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 4, 14:04:46
- the one who never made it back....... (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Oct 4, 16:18:41
- Frederick Albert Cook (General Chat) - The Judge, Oct 4, 14:06:41
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