The Cook-Peary Files: October 17, 1909: ONE NIGHT ONLY! Matt Henson at the Hippodrome
June 17, 2024
This is the latest in a series of posts that publish for the first time significant documents related to the Polar Controversy.
Peary had given his longtime expedition member, Matthew A. Henson, the cold shoulder ever since their “arrival” at what Peary claimed was the North Pole. Henson reported Peary practically said nothing to [...]