The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-04

have and what I could dispense with. I almost calculated too closely, for we ran short of provisions and ammunl- tion on the return trip. In this way my expedition did not approach in size those of other explorers but am certain that no one went into the Arc tic more completely safeguarded against mishap than I did. The trip was not the result of a sudden 1nSpl- ration as has been reported but was the cuIndnation of the most careful planning ever made by an explorer. Having but three in the party, we did not need to furnish an outfit for large number. I made several maps though it was impossible to make careful study of the geography.
 we suffered a great deal from the cold though at the pole it was not nearly so cold as when crossing the Ellsmere Land. I find that many sci entists are surprised at the speed with Hubbard. We sometimes went 15 miles in a single day but when say that for great stretches of country we encountered no humHnocks-noth- ing but comparatively smooth ice-l think our speed will not appear so un- usual.
 Had it been absolutely necessary to have gone faster I am sure we could have done so. We went without food for three days at one time during II several walruses and our lives were saved We were hard pressed again at Cape York, but here again we found game, principally musk OK and seals. We killed some of the game with bows and arrows made from thongs of hide and parts of several of our sledges which we brought up on the way home"
 Dr. Cook had but 10 minutes to give to the newspapermen while the Hans Ty- Y1d O'c1nnI< the gangplank was lowered and the intrepid explorer witnessed a scene that tried his heart almost as much as the frozen solitudes of the Tar thest North
 MOST UNIQUE WELCOME.
 The welcome accorded him was uniuue in the worlds history. The entire population of the city seemed to be at the pier and these were aug rnented by thousands that came from all over Europe In the vast crowd that surged about the pier and cheer ed madly were representatives of the national and civic authorities Of Den- mark and of the scientlhc soceles' vino presented an address of welcome. The crowds were more than enthusias- tic; they were rapturous, ecstatlc, hystericaI. As the explorer came down the gangplank the throng surged around him and 1t seemed for a time 
 control the mass.
 For a time after his arrival the crowd cheered madly and every effort seemed a new climax. The force or police finally opened a way for the ex- plorer and the reception committee to the auto The streets were so over- crowded that the auto could make but slow progress and as the enthusiasm continued the man who had faced the
 untold dangers and hardships of the Arctic regions without finching was overcome by his emotion and tears swelled from his eyes.
 "Oh, isn't it splendid" he said to those who had him in charge. " never expected any such deTnonstra- | ton. It seems too much for what have done This reception is the best
 reply that can be made to envious de- | tractors | CROWDS ENTHUSIASTIC.
 Thousands of people, realizing that
 they would have but little opportun- | ity of seeing Dr. Cook in the dense | tlrong at the pier, made the streets, l surrounding the Phoenix Hotel, their
 mecca and the crowd from the pier
 were reinforced. On the way to uhe hotel Dr. Cook stood frequently and
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