The Cook-Peary files: October 15, 1909: The Parker-Browne testimony, part 2
January 7, 2018
This is the 8th in a series examining significant unpublished documents related to the Polar Controversy.
The lecture Parker refers to took place on December 7, 1906. Cook’s claimed success in Alaska led to his election as the second president of the Explorers Club later that year. Parker makes much of Cook having a silk [...]