Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-09-18

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other proofs. l have not the slightest
doubt of my ability to convince any
competent and unbiased scientist.
- You ask me how | am sure / was
on the exact spot which marked the |
presence of the pole. 1t is not my |
purpose TO convey the idea that /
put my fingers on any exact spot
about which the earth revolves.
believe it would be impossible for
any man to say which was the exact
square foot that determines the polar
axis. / am reasonably sure, however,
that when my observations have been
refgured and verified they will show
that ] hoisted a flag on a spot that
was for all practical purposes the
pole. 1t is, of course, possible that
there will be a slight variation of,
possibly, fraction of linear minute,
but / am certain that the spot which
calculated to be the pole was at
least within revolver shot Of the ex-
act pole.
Stuck to Game ountry.
'To my mind, the biggest factor in
my success was the fact that instead
Of travelling over the more direct and
) usual famine route, relying upon the
) food carried by the party, we stuck
close TO the game country and were
: able to conserve our own supplies
and literally live off the fat Of the
land When we started out both men
and dogs were fat and in splendid
0 condition. Therefore we were able to
stand great hardships and travel at
D top speed.
b Questioned regarding his great
e speed, DR.. Cook said: 1.-THE daily dis
q tance covered on the northward triI
was slightly less than IS miles; on the
southwark trip it was 10 miles. This
n is not an abnormal distance for Esh
\ mos on the ice. They often travel 81
or 60 miles with dogs. One Of tho
/. greatest advantages Of our trip WA
~ that ] did not take a famine route
= We had game for a long time, perhap
= for a hundred miles. We fed our dog
y well throughout the winter in Green
= land and ran them 400 miles, givinl
them fresh meat every day. Thus W
"A brought them TO the polar sea fat an
= well used. We had the best men an
~ the best dogs.
4 owe lived entirely on dried mea
! and beef tallow, reducing the foo
problem 10 a science. The last trae
u of animals we saw was a bear trac
AT So degrees. Afterwards we did ne
10 even see life Ia the water, exceI
IA algae. The drift Of the ice during N
/, southern trip was slightly south
i. east; the direction Of the wind was gel
4 orally south Of west. We found SCI
\. era of sverdru 3 old camps The RE-
son we utilized silk tents on some Gee
sions was that We were 80 exhausi'
W. had not strength 10 build d sno
shed. We bad carefully figured "a
- planned everything so that there N
"' n0 surplus weight ~ b. carried. y
'' dd rot 400 short except when We we
asiray.
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AZ. fle Others having been eaten by tp'
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