The Cook-Peary Files: 1936: Elsa Barker refutes Lillian Kiel’s Congressional testimony
May 26, 2025
This is the latest in a series of posts that publish for the first time significant documents related to the Polar Controversy.
On January 28, 1915, Lillian Kiel gave testimony before the Education Committee of the House of Representatives relevant to the controversy between Cook and Peary over which, if either, explorer reached the North Pole. [...]