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| Photo: American Oil & Gas Historical Society |
(Texas Day by Day) On this day in 1940, Frederick Albert Cook, physician, polar explorer, and infamous oil promoter, died in New Rochelle, New York.
The New York native was surgeon on the Arctic Expedition of Robert Peary in 1891-92 and the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1897-99. He led expeditions to Mount McKinley between 1903 and 1906. His claim to the first ascent of Mount McKinley was challenged as fraudulent.
He later falsely claimed to have beaten Peary to the North Pole by a year. Continued
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