Non+Fiction+Artical

Perry v. Cook

Summary: This artical is about a race to be the first to reach the north pole. This took place in the earlt 1900's. Many earlier explorers died trying to accomplish this great task. In the artical it talks about two men who claimed to have made it first. They are Robert E. Perry and Frederick A. Cook. They both had reached the north pole but they argue between who had made it first. It goes back and fourth throughout the article. It talks about their journies. But in the end no one knows for sure who was the first, and to this day still no one knows.

Thoughts/Reflection: I thought this artical was very interesting. But I did think it drug on though. But to be the first to reach the north pole is a huge accomplishment. Both these men put their lives on the line to be written in the worlds' history books. I can see why it was such a big deal to be the first to make it.

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