Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899 : A Narrative of the Voyage of the Belgica among Newly Discovered Lands and over an Unknown Sea about the South Pole

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In this illustrated 1900 publication, Frederick Cook (1865–1940) gives a detailed account of his experiences on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to endure winter in the Antarctic. Cook, the ship's doctor, describes the challenging conditions in the Antarctic Circle, where the ship became ice-bound for almost a year.