Nail-biting true adventure.'-Kirkus ReviewsIn 1909, two men laid rival claims to this crown jewel of exploration. A century later, the battle rages still. This book is about one of the most enduring and vitriolic feuds in the history of exploration. 'What a consummate cur he is,' said Robert Peary of Frederick Cook in 1911. Cook responded, 'Peary has stooped to every crime from rape to murder.' They had started out as friends and shipmates, with Cook, a doctor, accompanying Peary, a civil engi