The Leconte Observatory in Brussels received a message cabled from Lerwick in the Shetland Islands as follows:
Reached north pole April 21, 1908. Discovered land far north. Return to Copenhagen by steamer Hans Eged. (Signed) FREDERICK COOK
Not everyone was convinced, and not without good reason, but he no doubt believed it, and it was hard to establish, then and now.
Does it really matter? It's almost impossible to see how, but then in future years reaching the Moon might seem similarly irrelevant.
Or significant.
Cook died in 1940 at age 75, his reputation never recovered from the attacks that would soon occur on it.
Baguio, Philippines, elevation 5,100 ft, was incorporated.
The American Governor General would make it his summer residence due to its cool summer temperatures.
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