Crocker Land

Crocker Land

The Crocker Land Expedition was an ill-fated 1913 expedition to investigate Crocker Land, a huge island supposedly sighted by the explorer Robert Peary from the top of Cape Colgate in 1906. The island was later shown to have been a hoax.

Read more about Crocker Land:  History, The Expedition, The Killing of Piugaattoq, The Return Home, Aftermath

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