Icemen (Companion Volume to the Documentary Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)This wretchedly biased book is more firewood for the misinformation circulating about the 1909 hoax attempted by Brooklyn's own Fred Cook. Cook and his anti-Peary supporters have simply provided a convenient distraction for those opposed to accepting a Negro at the Pole! Yes, everyone knows Cook was a crook, but if only Peary had taken a white man with him...
Oh, the cover is hilarious--from a New York photography studio series of publicity shots. The "Eskimo" girl, in another view, is obviously just another cute Irish babe, Cook's boots are from 5th Ave. The sledge dogs are Collies. Too hilarious. Way to go Cook!
By the way, the content of this "Made for TV" series is on the same education par as those "Loch Ness Monster" specials from the History Channel. An actual polar history expert saw the film version and shared with me this eloquent summary: "what garbage!" Amen.

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Conefrey and Jordan profile legendary adventurers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook as well as lesser-known Arctic explorers who left their marks.

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