Dr. Frederick Cook using sextant 1908

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Dr. Frederick Cook using sextant 1908

Dr. Frederick Albert Cook (1865 - 1940), American explorer, physician, and ethnographer, claims that he reached the North Pole on 21st April 1908, a year before Robert Peary. Cook observing with an sextant to determine his whereabouts, holding the instrument in his hand, measuring the angular distance between two visible objects. Date: April 1908

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