The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-13
BOYS
 DENY COOK
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{ from the land out and back to #. These questions and answers were as follows.
 Did they cross many open leads or much open water during this time? } Answer--No.
 cut on the ice north of Cape Tnomas Hubbard?
 A--No
 &.--With how many sledses did
 Q.-Did they will or lose any of
 &.-Did they kill or lose any of their dogs while out on the ice.
 A.---No.
 they start?
 A.--Two.
 &.-How many dogs did they have7
 A.--Did not remember exactly, but something over twenty.
 Q.--How many sedees did they have when they cam eback to iand? A.--Two.
 o.-Did they have any provisions left on their sIedges when they came back to land?
 A.--Yes; the sledees still had about all they could carry, so they were able to take but few things from the cache.
 From here they then went south west along the northwest coast Of Heibers Land to point indicated on the map (sverdrup's Cape North west).
 From here they went west across the ice, which was level and covered with snow, offering good going, to a low island when they had seen from the shore of Heiberg Land at Cape 1 Northwest. On this island they camped for one sleep. The size and position of this island, as drawn by the first boy, was criti- csed by the second boy as being too large and too far to the west the sec ] end boy calling the attention of the first to the fact that the position of the island was more nearly in line :. with the point where they had left Heiberg Land (cape Northwest) and the channel between Amund Rnenes Land and EIlef Rinenes Land.
 This criticism and correction was accepted by the first boy, who started 10 change the position of the island, hut was stopped, as Commander Peary had given instructions that no changes or ensures were to be made in the route as drawn by the Eskimos on the chart.
 From this island they could see two lands beyond (sverdrup's Ellef Ring nes and Amund Ringnes Lands) From the island they journeyed to- ward the left-hsnd one of these two lands (Amund Ringnes Land), pass Ing small island which they did not visit.
 Arriving at the shore of Amund Ringnes Lanu the Eskinos killed a deer as indicated on the chart.
 The above bold face portion of the ] statement of the Eskimo boys covers the period of time in which pr. Cook claims to have gone to the pole and back, and the entire time during which he could possibly have made any attempts to go to it.
 The answers of the Eskimo boys to Commander Peary's series of inde- pendent questions, showing that they killed no game, made no caches, lost nc oogs and returied to the land with loaded s.eoges, makes their attain. ment of the Pole on the trip North of Cape Thomas Hubbard physical and mathematical impossibility, as It would demand the subsistence of three men and over twenty dogs dur ing a journey of ten hundred and for. ty geographical miles on less than i've sledge loads of supplies. ] If it is suggested that perhaps Or. Cook got mixed and that he reached the Pole, or thought he did. betweeen the time of leaviig the northwest coast Of Heberg Land at Cape Northwest. and his arrival at Rnenes Land, where they killed the deer, we must then add to the date of Or. Cooks let ter of March r, at or near Cape Thomas Hubbard, the subsequent tour or five sleeps at that point, and the number of days required to march from Cape Thomas Hubbard to Cape Northwest Ca distance of some sixty , nuticai miIes), which would advance his date of departure from the land to ' at least the 25th of March. and be pre- pared to accept the claim that pr Cook went from Cape Northwest ] (about latitude 80 1-2 degrees north) to the Poie, distance of s7o geo 5 graphical miles, m twenty-seven days
 After killing the deer sheey thes :. trayeied south along the east side o
 Ringnes Land to the point indicated