Dr Cook at Copenhagen (1909)

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook 18651940 arrived in Copenhagen on the ship Hans Egede He received a heros welcome as the first man to set foot on the North Pole He was greeted by the king and given an honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen Only a few days later however his endeavour was questioned and in December the University rejected Cooks documentation Carl Th Dreyer is seen as one of the journalists taking notes DFI