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"2. In violation of a custom of Arctic exploration Dr. Cook has not 

 brought back records left in cairns at points he asserts he had reached, notably 

 the one left at Cape Thomas Hubbard in 1906 by Mr. Peary. 



"3. Dr. Cook's story that he traveled from Annotook to the pole and then 

 back to Jones' Sound, a distance of more than twenty-five and one-half degrees, 

 or about 1,700 miles, in one sledging season is impossible. He points out that 

 this is more than twice the best previous record of eleven degrees, and Mr. 

 Peary's best record this year of fourteen degrees. 



"4. Cook's general equipment was such that it would be a physical impos- 

 sibility to have accomplished the feat. 



"5. Dr. Cook maintains he carried a glass mercurial horizon on his trip 

 of I 700 miles, whereas Mr. Peary used a cast-iron horizon, so that it would 

 not only be saved from being broken but could be heated if the mercury froze. 

 This is necessary sometimes, Mr. Peary contends, as mercury freezes at minus 

 35. Cook reports finding it as cold as minus 73 degrees. 



"6 Professor Marvin brought back from 86.38 duplicate records of Mr. 

 Peary's march and of his own to prove absolutely that Mr. Peary reached 



that latitude. 



"7 Captain Bartlett brought back from 87.48 duplicate records of Mr. 

 Peary's march and of his own to prove absolutely that Mr. Peary reached 



that latitude. 



"8 The sledge of Dr. Cook's was of such a type, not built on the lines ot 

 any Arctic explorer's sledge, that it could not possibly have lasted for a 

 march of a day with a standard load of 500 or 600 pounds. 



"9. Dr. Cook's snowshoes were of an impracticable type for use in the 

 Arctic and were not the kind that would conduce to speed. 



"10 Dr. Cook's leaving of his records at Etah was a scheme on his part 

 by which he could claim they were lost or destroyed and so could escape being 

 forced to produce them to substantiate his claims. 



WOULD NOT GIVE UP FLAG. 



"II. No man who had carried the American flag to the pole would leave 

 such a slight and easily transported article in charge of a perfect stranger. . 



Dr. Cook did have fresh dog teams from Etah and could have car- 



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ried his burdens to Upernavik 



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When Harry Whitney went on board the Jeanie, he did not take 



