My Attainment of the North Pole

Being the Record of the Expetition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909

By: Frederick Albert Cook

Narrated by: Andre Stojka

A wild epic journey by an American with two Inuit companions, struggling to be the first humans to reach the North Pole. After reaching the Pole, the struggle continued with a year-long, near death journey back to civilization, without supplies, competing with animals of the wild without defensive weapons, crossing a shifting sea of ice and struggling for life during the long winter night.

Listen as Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, a respected physician and experienced explorer, tells how he became the first man to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908 and how, upon his return to civilization, he faced the wrath of a powerful, unbelieving rival determined to destroy his reputation.

Public Domain (P)2014 Andre Stojk,et al.

who really made it to the north pole first

the main story is great but the is a lot of he said, he said which wasn't as good as the core of the book but I can see why it's in the book but I stopped listening with a few chapters left

horrible

terrible book.
the author spends the first 4 chapters whining about how his competitor, the news media, the british geographical society all conspired to tell lies and deny he was first to the pole.
and he falls back on occasions in other chapters on the same whine.
he constantly wants to describe his thoughts and observations with references to the stars/colors/events/ ugh... the ice berg rose like a giant clear silver ........ and he does it about every 3rd sentence.
i could not get further than chapter 9.
better reads of polar exploration are "alone on the ice" and "in the kingdom of ice" and "race for the south pole".

Just ok

What did you like best about My Attainment of the North Pole? What did you like least?

the adventure to the north pole, I've listen to the all of the Antarctic books.

Has My Attainment of the North Pole turned you off from other books in this genre?

No

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Andre Stojka?

not sure.

Could you see My Attainment of the North Pole being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

no

Any additional comments?

the story wasn't believable.