UNDER SIEGE, his mighty triumph shockingly challenged, his grand claim to be the first man to behold the long-sought North Pole already in much dispute, Dr. Frederick Cook returned to the City of New ...

We tend to think of Bernie Madoff and Sam Bankman-Fried as the poster kids for big-time con artists, but long before they offered dreams of easy riches, Fort Worth’s Dr. Frederick Cook was hoodwinking ...

Imagine you are an explorer who has dedicated your life to conquering one of the world’s last great unknowns: the North Pole. You have given up decades in which you abandoned your family, weathered ...

Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed they discovered the North Pole. AGIP / Rue des Archives / The Granger Collection, New York On September 7, 1909, readers of the New York Times awakened to ...

First fiction 93 years ago, Frederick Cook became the first person to reach the difficult summit of Mount McKinley. Presumed fact Actually, he faked it. Second fiction Reasoned discussions of Cook’s ...

The early 1900s there were many explorers who braved the elements and forbidding topography for the claim to be the “first” to succeed, usually by planting a flag at the designated place. One of these ...

23:36, Wed, May 24, 2023 Updated: 23:36, Wed, May 24, 2023 It was one of the biggest stories of the new century. In September 1909, American explorer Frederick Cook returned from a two-year expedition ...

Nov 11, 1986 – Oct 16, 2015 Santa Cruz Frederick Cook MacDonell, Jr. passed away at home and found eternal peace on October 16, 2015, a few weeks before his 29th birthday. Fred was born in South Lake ...

President Obama announced Sunday that North America’s tallest mountain, officially known as Mount McKinley for nearly a century, will henceforth be called by its Native Alaskan name of Denali. Though ...

Dr. Frederick Cook, 89, of Chippewa Falls, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, surrounded by the love of his family. Grandpa Fred was kind, smart ...