Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-09-17
Denies Cook Reached Pole.

Denies Cook Reached Po4e.
Battle He:boI. Labrador tvia Marconi
wireless. Cape Ray. N. FL. Sept 10.-Do
not trouble about Cooks story. or at
tempt to explain any discrepancies In his
statements. The affair will settle itself.
He has not been at the pole on April
n. 1905, or at any other time. He has
simply handed the public gold brick.
and have proof Of them When he
makes . full statement of his journey
ever his signature to some geographical
society. or other reputable body. II that
statement contains the claim that he mas
reached the pole. shall be In posi-
ton to furnish material that may prove
distinctly Interesting reading for the pub
be. ROBERT z. PEARf.
Battle Harbor. Labrador tvia Marco
nj w1nnfiess. Cape Ray. n. FL. Sept. q
The teamer Roosevelt. bearing the
north polar expedition of the Peary
Arctic club. parted company with the
Erik and steamed out Of Etah ford late
in the afternoon of August is. 1905.
setting the usual course for Cape sa-
bine. The weather was dirty. with
fresh southeriy winds. We had on
board - Eskimo men. IL women. and
10 children. .:s dogs. and some forty
odd walrus.
tance from the mouth of the harbor.
but II was not clc1ely packed. and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difnculty.
Find Much Water.
A. We n-ar-s Cape Sabine the wealth
sr cleared some what and We passed by
Three Wort island and Cape Sabine.
easily making out with the naked eye
the house Mt Hayes harbor occupied by
me in the winter of ls0i-oe.
From Cspe Sabine north there was
80 much water that we thought Of set
ting the lug sail before the southeriy
wind. but n little later appearance Of
Ice to the northward stopped this
There was clean open water to Cape
Albert, and from there scattered Ice
to q point about abreast of Victoria
Head. thick weather and dense ice
bringing US some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here We drift>d south somewhat
and then got as,ant to the northward
out of the current We worked little
further north and stopped again for
some hoursL Then We again worked
reached . series Of lakes. coming to a
stop q few miles south of the Wind
wards winter quarters At Cape Dur
Vile
slowly worked n way northeastwnrd
thsauRh fog and broken ice of medium
u tness through one night and the
10 = noon Of the next day. only emerg-
in{ t,to open water and clear weather
on Cape Fraser.
Strike Ice and Fog.
From this point we had n clear run
through the middle OF Robeson channel
uninterrupted by either Ice or fog. to
Lady franklin bay. Here we encoun-
tered both Ice and fog. and while
working along In search OF practi-
cable opening were forced across to
the Greenland coast at Thank God
Harbor.
The fog lifted there and enabled us
70 make out our whereabouts and we
steamed north through n series Of leads
past Cape Lupton, and thence south
ward toward Cape Union. few miles
OF that cape we were stopped by i'm
practicable Ice. and we drifted back
south to Cape Union. where we stopped
again
Ship Forced Aground.
We lay for some time In n lake Of
water. and then. to prevent being drift
ed south again. took refuge under the
north shore of Lincoln bay. In nearly
the IDENTICAL place where we had our
unpleasant experiences three years be-
fore Here we remained for scvereal
days during a period of constant and
Mt times violent northeasterly winds.
Twice We were forced aground by
the heavy ice: we had our port quar-
ter rail broken and n hole stove In the
bulwarkr and twice we pushed out In
an attempt to get north. but were
forced back each time to our precari-
Gus shelter.
Heavy Running Ice.
Finally on September We squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast In a
shallow niche in the ice. but after some
hours we made another short run to
Black cape and hung on to n grounded
bit of Ice. At last. little after mid
night of September 8. we passed through
extremely heavy running ice into a
stream of open water. rounded Cape
Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
Within n quarter of nn hour Of tho
same time we arrived three years before
q, len a. m. September 3-we reached