The Cook-Peary Files: August 25, 1909: Peary gets unwelcome news
April 17, 2020
This is the 16th in a series examining significant unpublished documents related to the Polar Controversy.
When Peary returned from his winter quarters at Cape Sheridan in 1909 , he stopped at Cape York on August 25th to pick up his mail delivered by the Scottish whalers who fished the waters of Davis Strait in search [...]