The Cook-Peary files: October 15, 1909: The Explorers Club Investigates Cook’s Mt. McKinely climb
July 17, 2017
This is the sixth in a series examining significant unpublished documents associated with the Polar Controversy.
On October 14, 1909, an affidavit appeared in The New York Globe, sworn by Edward N. Barrill. Barrill had been Dr. Cook’s only witness and climbing partner on his last attempt to conquer Mt. McKinley, in which effort Cook [...]