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Peary North Pole - The Claim That Shook the World

Peary North Pole - The Claim That Shook the World

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Griffin Rowe examines the 1909 North Pole controversy when Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed to reach the pole first. The episode explores how institutional backing, media warfare, and racial erasure shaped which explorer history crowned victor—revealing the question wasn't just who arrived first, but who controlled the narrative.

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