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For those who didn't get to see my Fred Cook talk on the @terrorcamp panel at the Shackleton Autumn School, here it is in written form including some more text and visual material that I didn't get to include because of limited time:

https://fabtet.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-enigmatic-dr-frederick-cook.html?m=1

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Belgica postcard

Posted in 1901. [My collection]

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pt90

cookmundsen brain worms.......

pt90

*throws a few more crumbs into the enclosure*

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Pretty picture of Fred Cook

[Postcard 1909, my collection]

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[Book from 1909, my collection.]

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roaldamundsen

roald amundsen at the waldorf astoria in new york 1926-2026

misarthropod

little treat on my copenhagen work trip: tracking down the hotel where my rpf met a hundred years ago and taking them there

drfrederickacook

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Cook's reception in Copenhagen in September 1909, after he announced that he had discovered the North Pole (???). [Clipping from a French newspaper, my collection]

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Fred fresh out of jail

Surrounded by journalists?

[Press photo, 1930. My collection]

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Frederick Cook's posthumously published autobiography, inscribed by his daughter.

"December 6, 1953

To Mrs. High: In appreciation for the strong bond of friendship that existed between your husband and my father. Fred High's writings have been an inspiration, as well as valuable reference material, to help me carry on my work in seeking complete vindication.

Sincerely, Helene Cook Vetter"

[My collection]

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20 February 1936: Cook "is in Chicago to lecture and press a claim for recognition as the discoverer of the North Pole in 1908. He is now 70 years old, and said he emerged from retirement to secure recognition before he dies."

[Press photo, my collection]

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COOKMUNDSEN

Source: Instagram account of Roald Amundsen's House

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Commemorative Belgica postcard. The boys and the boat.

[My collection]

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My Cooks

Some of my Cooks, I have many Cooks

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Preparing my Frederick Cook talk for the Shackleton Autumn School on 24 October.

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"Here pictured in Chicago meditating his sixty-five years of life after his release from prison. Shown wearing a blue suit with which he entered prison five years ago, now turned a blueish brown from age."

[1930 press photo. My collection]

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Frederick Cook nailing the stars & stripes to the Pole

[Postcard 1909, my collection]

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