Watch Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983) Online

Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerning the "conquering" of the North Pole. Robert E. Peary (Rod Steiger), a US Navy commander and shameless self-promoter, sets out through Arctic wastes in 1909 to discover the Pole, an expedition that many others have attempted but failed to complete. His principal rival is Dr. Frederick A. Cook (Richard Chamberlain), who insists that he'd already reached the Pole in 1908. Though the experts (and the US Congress) conclude that Perry was first, public opinion is firmly in Cook's corner--as is this TV movie. Read More

Watch Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole online. Featuring Richard Chamberlain and Rod Steiger, Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole is classified as History and Adventure genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Canada and was released on 1983. Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole was directed by Robert Day. Read Less