Background
Herbert, Walter William Wally Herbert was born on October 24, 1934 in York, England. Son of Walter and Helen (Manton) Herbert.
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Examines man's relationship with the polar regions from the Stone Age to the present and discusses future modification of the temperature balance of the poles.
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Polar explorer Wally Herbert here exposes the fraudulent claims of Dr Frederick Cook (1908) and Commander Robert Peary (1909) to have reached the North Pole. The former was soon discredited, but Peary's claim received the support of the National Geographic Society of America. In retracing their steps and examining their papers, he uncovers a tale of obsession, rivalry and monumental deception. The first man to cross the Arctic via the North Pole by dogsledge in 1968-9, Wally Herbert recounted this adventure in "Across the Top of the World".
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Herbert, Walter William Wally Herbert was born on October 24, 1934 in York, England. Son of Walter and Helen (Manton) Herbert.
In training as surveyor, Royal Engineers, Egypt, 1953-1954; surveyor, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, Hope Bay, Antarctica, 1955-1958; member expedition, Lapland and Spitsbergen, 1960; surveyor, New Zealand Antarctic Expedition, 1960-1962; leader expedition, N.W. Greenland, 1966-1967, 71-73; leader expedition, Lapland, 1975; leader, British Trans-Arctic Expedition, first surface crossing Arctic Ocean, 1968-1969; leader, British North-Polar Expedition, attempting first circumnavigation of Greenland, 1977-1982; leader, filming expedition to N.W. Greenland and North Pole, 1982; painter, since 1989.
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(Polar explorer Wally Herbert here exposes the fraudulent ...)
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(Hunters of the Polar North)
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Fellow Royal Geography Society (Founder's Gold medal 1970). Honorary member British Schools Exploring Society, World Expeditionary Association (joint honorary president), Lansdowne Club.
Married Marie McGaughey, December 24, 1969.