Cook's "instructions" for a set of fake observations (click to enlarge) |
Finally, two men, George Dunkle and August Loose, came forwarded to swear
additional affidavits saying they had been hired by Cook to manufacture a
set of faked astronomical observations in proof of his having been at the
Pole. By this time Cook had disappeared, and in fact had left
the country. Although his private secretary confirmed that Cook had
dealt with Dunkle and Loose, he maintained the dealings were not for the
purpose of forging proofs to be used to convince the Danes, to whom Cook
had promised the evidence of his attainment of the Pole. Cook, himself,
later maintained that the Dunkle and Loose affidavits were another conspiracy
of “The Arctic Trust” to discredit him. However, the verifiable
facts contained in their affidavits are all true.
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