My attainment of the Pole
- Subtitle
- being the record of the expedition that first reached the boreal center, 1907-1909. With the final summary of the polar controversy
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1. Front matter2. MY ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE3. To the Pathfinders4. THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE POLAR CONTROVERSY5. PREFACE6. Introductory material7. My Attainment of the Pole8. INTO THE BOREAL WILDS9. THE DRIVING SPUR OF THE POLAR QUEST10. TO THE LIMITS OF NAVIGATION11. BEGINNING PREPARATIONS FOR THE POLAR DASH12. THE CURTAIN OF NIGHT DROPS13. FIRST WEEK OF THE LONG NIGHT14. THE MOONLIGHT QUEST OF THE WALRUS15. MIDNIGHT AND MID-WINTER16. EN ROUTE FOR THE POLE17. EXPLORING A NEW PASS OVER ACPOHON18. IN GAME TRAILS TO LAND'S END19. THE TRANS-BOREAL DASH BEGINS20. OVER THE POLAR SEA TO THE BIG LEAD21. CROSSING MOVING SEAS OF ICE22. LAND DISCOVERED23. BEYOND THE RANGE OF LIFE24. OVER POLAR SEAS OF MYSTERY25. TO THE POLE—THE LAST HUNDRED MILES26. AT THE NORTH POLE27. THE RETURN—A BATTLE FOR LIFE AGAINST FAMINE AND FROST28. BACK TO LIFE AND BACK TO LAND29. OVERLAND TO JONES SOUND30. UNDER THE WHIP OF FAMINE31. BEAR FIGHTS AND WALRUS BATTLES32. BULL FIGHTS WITH THE MUSK OX33. WITH A NEW ART OF CHASE IN A NEW WORLD OF LIFE34. A HUNDRED NIGHTS IN AN UNDERGROUND DEN35. HOMEWARD WITH A HALF SLEDGE AND HALF-FILLED STOMACHS36. ANNOATOK TO UPERNAVIK37. FROM GREENLAND TO COPENHAGEN38. COPENHAGEN TO THE UNITED STATES39. THE KEY TO THE CONTROVERSY40. THE MT. McKINLEY BRIBERY41. THE DUNKLE-LOOSE FORGERY42. HOW A GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY PROSTITUTED ITS NAME43. RETROSPECT44. COPY OF THE FIELD NOTES45. QUESTIONS THAT ENTER CALCULATIONS FOR POSITION OF THE NORTH POLE.46. POSITIVE PROOF OF DR. COOK'S ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE47. VERDICT OF THE GEOGRAPHIC HISTORIAN48. FOR A NATIONAL INVESTIGATION A REQUEST49. CAN THE GOVERNMENT ESCAPE THE RESPONSIBILITY?50. INDEX51. INDEX OF NEW MATERIAL