Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-07
,arv ATTEMPTS to Ref1te Claims Made by Dr. Cook

and 1t was six days before he was able
to get across
This open lane was perhaps the one
handicap that prevented Mr.. Peary from
reaching the pole. in that year. AS soon
as young ice formed on the open space he
and his men and dogs attempted to make
the crossing. Most OF the sledges were
over when a heavy gale sprang up and
opened the young ice again. The greater
part Of their provisions was on the south
side of the wide expanse, and there wal
nothing to do but to push on without
them. Comparatively smooth travelling
was found from here until the latitude of
81 degrees IL minutes. where they en-
countered a terrific storm.
There was no way of making progress
against It, and Mr.. Peary was forced into
storm camp. Provisions were running low,
but on short allowances and by feeding
the weakening dogs to the stronger ones
the party was able to make good head
way. over constantly widening lanes,
hummocks and rafters they pushed until
az noon on April 21 Perry reckoned they
had gone far as they dared. He took
observations and found they were in lati-
tude 81 degrees minutes, another record
on northern penetration. He put up flags
and a brief record Of his achievements
and then started back for Cape Morris
regions has been made aboard the Roose-
velt. Nothing has been heard from Peary
for months, and the Jeanie a relief ship,
which now is on its way to Etah, Green
land, with coal and supplies, had expected
to lend aid to DR.. Cook as well as to
him.
Duke of Abruzzi, 1900
From his earliest days Prince Louis
Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi,
displayed a strong taste for adventure. In
1897, after his return from successful
attempt to climb Mount Elias, the great
Alaskan mountain which had hitherto
proved too much for even the most In
trepid adventures, he conceived the idea
of engaging in polar research. He pur-
chased a whaler of S5S tons and 4OO-horse-
power, originally known as the Jason.
which he rechrlstened the Stella Polare.
Provisioned for five years, the vessel
steamed from Laurvik, near Christiania,
on June IA, 1899, touching at Tromso,
Hammerfest, Vardo and Archangel, where
she picked up 12O Siberian dogs. Then she
was headed for Franz Josef Land. He
wlntered at Teplitz bay. A great expedi-
tion was planned by sledges and command
being entrusted to Captain Cagni. On
April 25 1900, this party reached latitude
So degrees 80 minutes, thus eclipsins the
which in its turn was blotted out by
Peary's achievement in 1905.
SaIomon Auguste Andree, 1897
One balloon expedition has gone to the
far north with disastrous results. Salo-
mon Auguste Andree, a Swedish scientist
and civil engineer, held the conviction
that certain trade winds swept the polar
regions which would drive a balloon
across the pole. Furthermore, he believed
that this steady current would take him
into the polar regions in week, carry
him directly over the much sought goal
and land him safely in North America.
He left Danes island, 70 degrees 40 min
utes north latitude and 10 degrees IL min
utes at 2:30 O. clock on Sunday afternoon,
July H. 1897. His balloon rose out of the
carrying undercurrents and swung about
like a carrier pigeon getting its bearings.
Then it hoated off due north before stiff
breeze that carried it at an even speed
OF about twenty-five miles an hour. For
ty-six hours later Andree dispatched this
message by carrier pigeon to the Alton
bladet, Stockholm:
July 1S, 1890 p. m, s2.2 degrees north
latitude, 1876 degrees east longitude. Good
progress toward the north. All goes well
on board. This message is the third by
carrier pigeon. Andree."
No other trace Of this daring aerial
navigator ever has come back to civlliza-
tion.
Walter Wellman, 1994-19o9
Walter Wellman was the pioneer to at
tempt to reach the pole by dirigible bal
loon Only recently the cables have told
of his latest failure after his big balloon
had made thirty-two miles from his start
ing point near spitzenberg, but was
:, xuf1P m
six miles north of the east of Platen
islands. In 1898 he completed the explora-
ton of Franz Josef Land. Attempts to
reach the coveted goal by dirigible balloon
in two previous years likewise met with
unsuccessful results. Mr.. Wellman al
ready had announced his intention Of per-
fecting a balloon for another attempt next
year.
RoaId Amundsen, 1eo3-1eoe
CAPTAIN Roald Amundsen succeeded in
discovering the northwest passage in
little sloop scarcely larger than an oyster
boat, after hundreds of other men had
failed. He left Norway in June, 1903 and
followed the coast of British Columbia
and Alaska for the succeeding three years.
finally making Behring strait in August
1906 He had with him only six compan-
IONS but they brought their ship through
without mishap or injury to any of the
men. They lay locked in the ice for
months at time, waiting and hoping for
a breaking up of the foes that would al
low dash through the open lanes thus
afforded. During that time the location
of the magnetic pole, which science hao
sought for years, was established Next
year. so Captain Amundsen has planned
he may take the Fran and try to drift
back through the polar circle starting
from the north of Cape Barrow