The shameless diary of an explorer
Mountaineering expeditions
Alaska, description and travel
Geologists
Mountaineering
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
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Description and travel
In 1903, aspiring journalist Robert Dunn joined an expedition attempting the first ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. Led by explorer Frederick Cook (who would later win infamy for faking the discovery of the North Pole), the climbers failed to conquer McKinley, but they …
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