During the stop the white men were occupied with hunting and arranging their geographical and scientific notes, and the negroes devoted themselves to idleness, which is always so sweet to them.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
D. and the Royal Danish geographical Society gave a gold medal, both in recognition of the merits of the Polar effort.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Even had I known before leaving New York that I should try for the Pole, I should not have sought any geographical license from some vague and unknown authority.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook