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Peary v. Cook Controversy:

Visit this page for sources on the controversy regarding Admiral Peary and Robert Cook.

Books:

The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Robert E. Peary, 1910 (courtesy of Project Gutenberg)

A Tenderfoot With Peary by George Borup, 1911. (4.5 mb)

Across Greenlands Ice Fields: The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice Cap by M. Douglas, 1902. (3.2 mb)

In Arctic Seas: The Voyage of the "Kite" with the Peary Expedition by Robert N. Keely, Jr., 1893. (7.5 mb)

To Students of Arctic Exploration: The Geographic Position of Camp Jesup, and the Reduction of the Observations of R.E. Peary, In the Vicinity of the North Pole. by Thomas H. Hubbard; Hugh C. Mitchell; Charles R. Duvall (1.6 mb) Hubbard and Duvall gave significant testimony to a Congressional subcommittee in 1913. (1.6 mb)

Articles:

Josephine Cecilia Diebitsch Peary, 1863 – 1955. “A Grandson Remembers…” by Ed Stafford. Published by the Friends of Peary's Eagle Island, 2007. (1.6 mb)

Peary and the North Pole: Not a Shadow of a Doubt, by Commander Edward Peary Stafford, U. S. Navy (Retired) and grandson of Admiral Peary. Reprinted from the Naval Institute Proceedings, 1971. (.5 mb)

The Peary Relief Expedition, by Angelo Heilprin, Scribners Magazine January 1893. (6.5 mb)

Pamphlets:

With Peary on the dash for the Pole. A four-page pamphlet about MacMillan, Goodsend, and Borup. Pittsburgh, A.W. McCloy Co. [191-?]. (6.9 mb)

 

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