#frederick cook

[quakeandquiver]

"Though Cook is remembered today—if he is remembered at all—as the charlatan who lied about reaching the North Pole, he may yet find redemption in the next phase of human exploration: manned missions to Mars....When we do reach Mars, we will, in some small part, have Cook to thank."

-Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sancton

Frederick Cook's observations from the Belgica expedition, of the psychological impact of wintering over trapped in the Antarctic ice pack and his attempts to keep the crew alive and mentally sound, are still used as a behavioral case study for extended space travel conditions.

[sail-not-drift]

"I did not then, nor will I now, discuss the career of Dr. Cook in his later days. I am wholly unfamiliar with the facts which led to his imprisonment, and I have no desire to know them or have an opinion regarding them. Even had I known that he had been guilty of baser crimes than those with which he was charged, I would still have felt my duty and my inclination to be the same. Whatever Cook may have done, the Cook who did them was not the Dr. Cook I knew as a young man, the soul of honour and kindness, lion-hearted in courage." - Roald Amundsen, My Life As An Explorer (1927)

Graphic text from Not Easily Conquered by dropdeaddream and WhatAreFears. Photo citations in alt text.

[roaldamundsen]

I asked a guy who was going inside if I could have a peek bc I'm a fan of a dude who lived there long ago and he said..No <3

and then I said let's leave before someone calls the cops

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Jesus Christ.

Guess I'm collecting autographs of all the especially cursed polar explorers, huh. (I also have a signed book by Vilhjalmur Stefansson)

[cockroachesunite]

Madhouse Promenade

(inspired by this)

[grem-lit]

merry christmas! hope you all had a lovely festive season.

for my annual christmas cards i designed a lino with amundsen and cook under the aurora australis, with ice-locked belgica in the background, of course :-)

[jeyneofpoole]

polar exploration dashboard simulator

🔖 drfreddyc

they call me the attainer. the way i attain these. poles. peary you can suck on my throbbing polar COCK!!!!!!!!

🍐 tearypeary

you will die like a dog

🍒 cherriesgarrard

yayyyyy i love my friends i love the ice yayyyyy this world is so beautiful and true

🍒 cherriesgarrard

MY FUCKING TEETH

🥫 franklinexpeditionofficial

HELP

🥫 franklinexpeditionofficial

HELP

🥫 franklinexpeditionofficial

HELP

⛴️ theotherross

brother i’m on the way

⛴️ theotherross

brother i’ve given up

⛓️ shacklez

my two polar exploring girlfriends. and yes, they traverse the frozen wasteland.

⛓️ shacklez

neverrrrrmind nevermind they fucking unionized the irish can’t have shit fuck this stupid baka life fuck you i hate you both fuckkkk you

🦅 falconscotts

get invalided idiot 🫵🫵🫵

⛄️ pengwilson

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

🇧🇪 degerlache-belgiums-boy

EAT YOUR SLOP LIKE A PATRIOT

🔖 drfreddyc

too late i’m already baking people

❄️ amundzen

i’ve been baked

🪙 le-cointe

honk schnoooo 😴🧨 honk schnoooo 😴🧨

🫀 emile-danco

NO!!!!! MY PREEXISTING CONDITION!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!

🐧 belgicas-pet-penguin

told you so 👻

📜 peglarpapers

eerfreve eht hserf os werg ti c nepo eht c eht c eht

🛷 leopoldmcccclintock

whagttttthe fucckkkjkkkk

🏝️ beecheyislandofficial

🪦🪦🪦

🏝️ beecheyislandofficial

🪦🪦🪦 🪦

🏝️ beecheyislandofficial

um hello?????????

👤 thomas-morgan-deactivated18540522

don’t ask.

❄️ amundzen

dr frederick cook and i shared one beautiful night of passion on the polar ice in 1898 he pretended to be the south pole and i claimed him for norway it was the greatest night of my life but i wish it had hurt more alright commandant i’m just going to slip this under your door feel free to ask followup questions but the answers will be thorough and i will make it as bad as possible for you ok goodnight see you in hell yes i still quit. kill yourself you trifling whore. 📝💋 xoxo

[sisyfigs]

sir john franklin led frederick cook most of the way to the north pole before ditching him and talking shit all over the spirit world about how he never made it the rest of the way lol