# Dr. Frederick A. Cook — A Negro Explorer at the North Pole character guide

> Dr. Frederick A. Cook in A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew Henson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dr. F. A. Cook, Dr. Cook, the Dr. Cook

**First appearance:** 0002-a-negro-explorer-at-the-north-pole

## Who they are

Rival explorer who claimed to have reached the North Pole first.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/i)

Member of the 1891 North Greenland Expedition, from Brooklyn, NY.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/iii)

Left Franke at Etah; reported to be on Grant Land side; his cache is guarded.

### [The Roosevelt Starts for Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_negro_explorer_at_the_north_pole_se/chapters/xix)

First learned of his safe return from Ellesmere Land from Eskimos at Nerke.

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