Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-11-14
NORTH POLE HISGOAL
Anthony FiaIa Believes Or. Fred
erick Cook Nay Reach Il
WAS sPLEEDIDLY EQUIPPED.

l1trepid Arctic EKplereg, With Few
Esaimes, Startsd on last $50 Mile
Dash n Mareh-Pian Was Hastily
Termed a tire End Of Hunting
Trip.
Ere this the long sought north pole
may have been discovered DR.. Fred.
erick A. Cook. the arctic explorer. may
De the finder. Anthony FiaIa believes
DR.. Cook is close to the pole II not ae-
tualiy there.
DR. Cooks wife and two children
live IN Brooklyn. The last heard Of
him was March II last, when be was
on the polar Ice north Of Cape Thomas
Hubbard, SEQ miles from the pole. He
was on the eve Of making a dash for
| Il. accompanied By few Eskimos. with
dogs. sleds and supplies. AIRS. Cook IL
confident her husband win overcome
all obstacles and return safe. II viii
be impossible 70 hear from him again
before next summer.
| When DR.. Cook started a year ago
last spring for a polar hunting trip
with John Il. Bradley, a wealthy New
Yorker. he had no intention OF trying
to grab the north pole. They went IN
ITO ton Gloucester fishing schooner.
renamed the John n. Bradley. with
DF. Cook IN command.
When the hunting trip ended in Au-
gust. 1907. 1t was expected that DIR.
Cook would come back on the schoon-
eF, but nc AnnortOk, on the northwest
ern coast Of Greenland. he decided to
remain and make a dash for the pole.
says the New York Evening World.
Rudolph FRANKIE. a member of the
crew, volunteered TO stay at Annortok
and watch the supplies. He recently
returned to New York with a letter
from Or. Cook, dated March II, the
polar sea. north Of Cape Hubbard. In
II DIR. Cook said: Il am taking a
straight course for the pole. hope 70
succeed. At any rate. win make a
desperate attempt"
FRANKIE. speaking OF their expert
ences In the far north. said In part.
"on the night OF Aug &c. 1907. the
John Il. Bradley discharged the stores
and provisions. also the outfit, az An
norfolk. and the schooner left rs on
Aug. n at noon. bound for New York.
early In September our winter quar-
tiers were In first class condition. and
we began 10 lay IN a stock Of meat for
the winter.
we used the whole month for hunt
ing Before the long night set IN DR.
Cook made sledge trip to the Big
Humboldt glacier and returned to win
ter quarters at the beginning Of the
long arctic night. II was at this time
very cold. 80 or 40 degrees below zero.
The Ice was not always 6rm, being
broken up and then closed together.
and travelling was dangerous. especial
~ in the morning and at evening.
'DT. Cook was nearly drowned and
escaped with his life In an encounter
with polar bears. The grease In the
guns was 50 hard that be could not
use them. and they put knives on long
sticks 10 defend their lives against the
bears
''0ne time when DR.. Cook was away
from camp on trip l prepared dog
food for the spring campaign. We
found a way to prepare dog food that
win give DR. Cook an immense advan-
taGe over all other explorers.
''Tn the middle Of November our
furs were nearly gone. Then came the
holidays Of Christmas and New Year.
but we did not have much time to de-
vote TO them.
Jan. 10 Dr. Cook sent me over TO
Fiagler bay with three EskimOs to hunt
for musk or and 10 look after the peo-
pie who we supposed had been left
there from a shipwreck. but we found
nobody. The Thermometer registered
70 below zero.
'eThe last weeks we were together
there was lot 90 do. and. everything
being completed. we started ON Feb. %
for the far north I remember It was
early noon when we left cur quarters
aud eamped the first night In three
snow houses on the Ice noe IN Kane
basin. The next day. after 140 days Of
darkness. we again saw the sun and
reached Cape Sabine late In the even
lng. Here we were storm bound the
next day. The last days march brought
N to Rice strait. ten miles northwest
Of Greely.s memorable winter quar-
tiers Of 1854. The next march brought
rs In Flagier hay, and nr. Cock sent
me back 10 AnnortOk March 8 with the
nrst division after placing provisions
at the head Of F1agler bay TO guard
our winter quarters
Il believe that everything Is O. K.
with Or. Cook. but % course some
thing must Be done next year for his
relief
Members Of the Peary club and the
Explorers' club have for some weeks
been discussing the ACCESSIBILITY Of fit.
ting out an expedition to hunt for DR.
Cook. No relief measures can be taken.
however. before next spring.