Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-16


 prints the first part of pr. Cooks own story of his conquest of the pole. The first part of his full narrative GOV CTS the early part of the trip, and con- tains many graphic pictures of Arctic life and experience. By arrangement with the New York Herald, The Bull letin has the exclusive right for the publication of the Cook story for the wich. The second installment will be printed on Saturday.
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 Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 14. Especial Despatch to the Herald via Commercial Cable Company's System)
 When Dr. Frederick A. Cook cabled to the Herald from berwick, in the Shetland Islands. on Wednesday, Sept. 1, the pulse stirring announcement that, after a prolonged fight against gamine and frost, he had succeeded in fcoAAiihGF liC ANOlhlA POtCJ HlhC phOllC read with avidity every detail of his wonderful narrative of suffering en- 1ured, that mankind might learn from 1t and literature be enriched by the annals of his successful fight to the top of the world.
 Herald readers were proud that the explorer had found a new land. They marvelled when told of sunburns and frostbites in the same day, shiverei as they read how dog ate dog, that the fttest might survive. and accompan- jed him in fancy to the region beyond where life is, where he felt the mad dening influence of the desert, of ice until. after incredible efforts, he reach ed the goal and placed the American flag in q tin tube on the shifting ice of the ninetieth parallel. sTo use his own words: Amid an endless field of purple snows, where there was nei- ther hfe nor land, where he and his two Eskimos were the only living crea- tures" -~
 It ii. worthy of note that Commander Peary's impressions of the pole were like those of Dr. Cook. disappointing There was nothing striking to be seen, nothing to stimulate enthusiasm; but they had pierced the boreal center When his story was made public through the Herald, the world, thrilled by the narration, hailed him as dis coverer
 But few newspapers and parti- sans of another Arctic enterprise de- nied its truth, although they accept without question the equally marvel lous story furnished later by Com mandsr Robert E. Peary. These criti- ics said no man could make fifteen miles a day beyond the eightieth par sllel. But Commander Peary has done more than that.
 They scoffed at dancing horizons and mirages that turned things topsy tur- wy. But Commander Peary makes cor roborating allusion to the same curi- higher attitudes by. the diffused light, which seemed to come from all direc- tions at once.
 Indeed, although the Herald is not partisan, its mission being to get the news and print it first, it cannot over look the fact that Commander Peary, notwithstanding his protests. and charges against Dr. Cook, confirms in many vital details the truth of the Brooklyn explorers narrative.
 Other critics have declared that Dr. Cook was unprepared whereas facts furnished by his packer and friend, John R. Bradley, in July, 1908, show that the expedition was carefully planned and thoroughly ,equipped with dogs, sleds, pemmican and other ne- cessities of polar exploration.
 With this brief summary, the Her aid presents today the beginning of pr. Cooks remarkable story of his conquest of the North, written while a prisoner in the snow and ice, and will continue its publications in chap ters on alternate days, thus placing him before the world which, in his case, is the jury that will declare upon his claim that he preceded Commander Peary to the boreal center and is there Cor the discoverer of the North pole.