The Explorer and the Journalist: The Extraordinary Story of Frederick Cook and Philip Gibbs

The first book to explore in full the extraordinary story of how a British journalist risked his career to expose American explorer Frederick Cook, who claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole, as a fraud

On 1 September 1909, a telegram from American explorer Frederick Cook caused perhaps the biggest sensation in polar exploration history. With no word from Cook for over a year and many assuming he was dead, here came the news that not only had he survived his Arctic expedition...