The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

rcaCn tne pore many Valuable uVeb
have been sacrificed was reached by
DR.. Cook on April 81, 1908.
A telegram from the inspector of
Greenland to the Danish government
confirms the news Of the discovery
The Greenland official was on board
the steamship Hans Eyed, homeward
bound, which picked up the explorer.
Following is the message of the in
spector of Greeland, dated Lerwick, to
the Danish government:
"Dr Cook, American explorer, reach.
ed the North Pole on April 81, 1908.
He is now aboard Hans Eyed, bound
for Copenhagen. Dr. Cook arrived in
Way 1909, at Upernavk from Cape
York, accompanied by the Eskimo
members of his party. The Eskimos
confirm the truth of the explorers
statements that he located the
geographic pole"
Geographic North Pole
The telegram is from Lerwick in
Shetland an island in the north At
lantic ocean, about So miles northwest
of the Orkney Islands. Shetland GOV.
ers about as much space on the map
as Scotland.
In announcing DR.. Cooks triumph
the government officials lay stress on
the fact that the pole discovered is
not the magnetic pole, which has long
been established, but the geographic
north pole, the unreached goal Of
Peary, Nansep and other Artic eX-
plorers of the past century.
Lerwick, in the Shetland Island Is
the first point on the route taken by
Danish colonial steamers at which
telegraphic communication with this
| country could be had AS it is q coal.
ing station for practically all vessels
of the colonial service, it is possible
additional dispatches will be received
by the government when DR.. Cook
stops on the last leg Of his long return
trip to civilization. .
No mention is made of the personal
Of his party, but II is taken for grant
| ed by the government authorities that
as the Danish officials made no men,
tion Of any other white man being
with DR.. Cook, the latter was unac-
companied save by his Eskimo follow
| ers.
Bradley gave his consent, furnished
the outfit requested, and DR.. Cook was
soon answering the call of the frozen
north 1t was DR.. Cooks plan to land
at Etah. an Eskimo settlement in
North Greeland, where he was to equip
himself with dogs and sledges with
which to make his dash to the Pole.
In the Trackess North.
That he was successful in securing
| the necessary equipment was indicated
by his having reached Cape Hubbard.
It appears from what his friends in
Brooklyn learned about the plans Of
Or. Cook that he set for himself a
quite impossible task. Leaving Brad
ley, DR.. Cook set out for Etah and
Smiths Sound, going by way of Cape
Hubbard and Nansen Strait into the
trackless region beyond in an effort to
reach the Pole. It was his plan to re-
turn by the same route and then cross
over an uneXplored stretch of Central
Greenland and reach the Danish settle
ment on the coast.
Nothing more was heard of the ex-
plorer until when his wife received a
message from Commodore Perry, who
is heading another expedition to the
pole. The message was sent from
Etah down to ST. Johns. New Found
land, by the steamer Erik the tender
to Perrys ship, the Roosevelt, and
was telegraphed from the later place.
Perry advised Mrs. Cook not to be
disturbed about the SAFETY Of her hus,
band, as he was in land where game
was plentiful.
Six Weeks Overdue.
Six weeks before this message was
sent from Etah, on Aug. IT, Com
modore Ferry had received word from
Annatok, about 80 miles north OF
Etah, where Cook had established a
base 1t was to the effect that DR.
Cook was overdue six weeks on his
return to Annatok from the north
Ralph Frank, one of Cooks men, was
brought back from Annatok, and sent
to New Foundland on the Erik by Per
ry, who sent two of his own men to
take his place at Cooks headquarters