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Peary challenges Cook polar claim with Eskimo testimonies
A long carefully prepared statement by Commander Peary and Roosevelt party members disputes Dr Cook’s north pole claim. It includes Eskimo boys I took-a-shoo and Ahpelab testimony and a detailed voyage narrative from Anoratok to Ellesmere and Jones Sound with dates, locations, and a critique of Cook’s route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Cook
Roosevelt Party
New York
Robert E. Peary
Peary Arctic Club
Ur Cook
North Pole
Peary Arette Club
Dr. Cook
Anoratok
Etah
Ahpelab
Cape Sheridan
Nerke
Cape Chalon
Cook
Jones Sound
Itooka Shoo
Apelah
Dr Cooks
Peary
Bartlett
McMillan
Rorup
Henson
I Took-A-Shoo
Ah-pe-lat
Panikpah
Francke
Smiths Sound
Cane Sabine
Roosevelt
Heiberg
Gested
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Ans
Heiberg Land
Sverdrup
Cape Northwest
Hetberg Land
Amund Ringnes Land
Nef Ringnes Land
Ellef Ringnes
Amund Ringnes
Eskimo Boys
Ringnes Land
Crown Prince Gustav Sea
Norwegian Bay
Graham Island
Cane Vera
Te Sound
Cape Sparbo
Cape Tennyson
Clarence Head
Cadogan Fiord
Cape Isabella
Commander Peary
Payer Iarbor
Cape Sabine
Iteokashoo
Smith Sound