Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05

strongly of the opinion that no white
man could reach the pole unless he
was able to wear the same clothes, eat
the same food and live in all ways as
did the Eskimos.
He said he owed his success largely
to choice of route where game was
more plentiful than on the routes form
erly attempted, and to the fact that he
Travelled In winter.
The lowest temperature experienced
was SO degrees below zero, Fahren-
heit, but the explorer said he did not
feel the cold nearly so much then as
in higher temperatures when the wind
was blowing.
For long time the explorer lived
on musk oxen; he wore the fur of
these animals; ate their meat and used
their fat to burn in lamps.
DIR. Cook said among other things
that Harry Whitney of New Haven had
taken with him on a shooting eXpedi-
tion the two Eskimos who made the
trip to the North Pole with the eX-
plorer.
Reception overwheIms
DR. Cook is overwhelmed by his re-
ception here. He expected to come into
Copenhagen quietly, but instead he
was almost mobbed by the great gath
ering of newspaper correspondents, ar
lists, bioscope operators, scientists,
publishers and agents. Some photogra-
piers even tried to invade the Amer
lean legation forcibly during the lunch
con hour.
Hundreds of kilograms from pub
fishers, lecture managers, and even
theatrical managers are pouring in on
the explorer.
DIR. Cook was greatly pleased to find
awaiting him here a message. from his
wife.
The explorer has telegraphed to
President Taft an announcement of
his expedition.
He expects to reach New York in
about a month. He will stop on his
way at Brussels to visit the headquar-
ters of the organization for polar re-
search and call on the men with whom
he made his trip into the Antarctic
regions.
DR.. Cook has accepted an invitation
to dine with King Frederick at the
Charlottenland palace Sunday evening.
Minister Egan also will be a guest of
his majesty.
Following the luncheon at the lega-
tion, Dr. Cook was received at the pal
ace by King Frederick.
Detailed Account
The most detailed account of his
Polar journey as yet given by DR..
Cook was gained from him by a large
body of newspaper correspondents this
evening at the Hotel Phoenix. DR..
Cook, at the request of the corre-
spondents, consented to answer all
questions.
First he was asked whether or not
the first account of his discovery of the
pole could be accepted as entirely his
own work. He replied in the aff1rma-
tive except for the obvious errors in
transmission.
He then explained the doubt about
the thirty thousand square miles dis
covered saying that he meant that
they were able to see fifteen miles on
each side during their journey to the
pole and that therefore a hitherto un-
known territory of thirty thousand
square miles was now discovered.
DR.. Cook proceeded to show that he
was fully competent to take all OBJ
servations, saying that on previous ex-
ploring expeditions he did very little
observation work, which usually was
divided among the members of the
party.
aThis time" he continued. I'VE had
started out TO reach the pole and
everything else was of secondary con-
sideration. 1t was not possible to carry
certain apparatus and it was impos-
sible to study the deep sea or the
soundings.
"We carried all necessary simple in