I knew from the general reports of the natives, and from the explorations of sverdrup, that the beginning of the intended route offered abundant game, and the indications were that further food would likewise be found as we advanced.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
On each side there was a low ice-sheeted island, beyond the larger islands which sverdrup had named Ellef Ringnes Land and Amund Ringnes Land.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
For, from the limit of navigation on the Greenland side, my track was forced over a land which, although under Mr. Peary's eyes for twenty years, was explored by sverdrup, who got the same unbrotherly treatment from Mr. Peary which he has shown to every explorer who has had the misfortune to come within the circle he has drawn about an imaginary private preserve.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook