Inside the Peary Expedition, Part 10: August 13, 1908: Rudolph Franke decides to go home
March 6, 2021
This following letter was addressed to Peary by Rudolph Franke. Franke later said that he wrote the letter under duress, that Peary made it the condition of his return that he turn over to him all of Dr. Cook’s stores at Annoatok, as well as the blue fox furs and narwhal horns he and [...]