Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-09-04
NORTH POLE AT LAST
American Genius And Dar-
ing Breaks Worlds
Record.
Explorer Says He Reached Coveted
Point More Than a Year Ago.
Discovered New Land in
the Far North.

| UIScOVefe0 new Lana III
the Far North.
Brussels, Sept. 1.-The observatory
here received the following telegram,
dater Lerwick, Shetland Islands:
Reached north pole April 21, 1908.
| Discovered land far north. Return to
! Copenhagen by steamer Hans Egede.
(Signed) "FREDER1CK COOK
! The American officials at the OBJ
servatory state the dispatch is surely
authoritive and that the north pole
has been reached the first time by an
American.
The dream of finding the north pole
| has for centuries lured exploI ers, sci
| entists and daring adventurers. This
| dream apparently has now become a
| reality by the achievement of Dr.
| Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn Dr.
Cook cab1ed laconic message from
| Lerwick, Shetland Islands, whence
he is proceeding to Copenhagen.
Several days must now elapse be-
fore any further information is avail
steamer Hans Egede has left Lerwick
Shetland Islands, bound for Copen-
| hagen, where she is due next Satur-
day. Meantime, the ship skirts the
| Danish coast passing several small
points which are being closely watch
ed for further particulars of DR..
Cook.
Some of the most recent or note
worthy attempts to reach the north
pole are enumerated below:
Walter Wellman, an American, left
the island of Spitzbergen for the pole
| in a balloon, August 10, 1909. His
| airship became disabled after he had
travelled thirty miles,, and he was
| forced to return.
In 1906 Commander Robert E.
| Peary, United States navy, reached to
about 203 miles from the pole. Com
mander Peary is now in the polar re-
gions on another expedition. A relief
ship was sent out month ago to en-
deavor to pick him up. He started
from Sydney, N. s., July II, 1908.
On September 8, 1909, Capt. Roal D.
Amundsen, a Norwegian, completed
the first voyage through 4he north
west passage. He left Christiania on
at Herschel Island in the Arctic ocean
in September of 1905.
| In 1904, Baron Toll, Russian, led a
polar exploration party by way of 81
beria but all the members perished
from the cold.
an expedition and got as far as Saun-
ders Island, where they were rescued
in a destitute condition.
In the same year Anthony Fiala, {
young Brooklyn explorer, sailed OF
the ship America and proceeded fur
ther north than the Duke of Abruzzi
; His party endured great hardship be
fore they were rescued.
The Duke of Abruzzi made his ex
pedition in 1900.
In 1895, DR.. Nansen reached sc de
grees, IA minutes on the vessel Fran
which left Ingor Strait August
1898
|
balloon trip in 1897. He left Tromsoe
= Norway in his balloon, the Fable
bound for the pole. Since his depa1
ture nothing authentic has been hear
of Professor Andree.
In 1883 Capt. John belongs an
Prof. D. Jeanette were lost nea
% Henrietta Island.
In 1882 the Greedy expedition reacT
l. ed eighty-three degrees, twenty-for
= minutes, and in 1845 Sir John Franl
y in made his disastrous attempt
N penetrate from Lancaster Sound
e Behring Strait.
Sc At a meeting of the Explorers Cit
i of New York, in October, 1907, lie
D. ter from DR.. Cook, dated at Etah, Al
le gust 26, gave this information:
"I find that I have good oppo
of tunity to try for the pole, and ther
IN fore I will stay here for year.
as hope to get to the Explorers Club
of September, 1908, with records of t
n pole. l plan to cross Ellesmere Lal
rs and reach the Polar Sea by Mans
lr- Strait. I hope you can induce sol
nd of the members of the club to col
5. and meet me at Cape York. Her
he for the pole with the flag"
ii About the same time Her bert
in Bridgman, of Brooklyn, received Il
be letter from DIR. Cook, similarly date
ib- "I have hit upon new route to
to north pole, and I will stay to try
he By way of Buchanan Bay, Ellesmt
in Land, and northward through Mans
Strait over the Polar Sea seems to
ion to he q very good route. There v
be game to the eighty-second deg
and there are natives and dogs
the task. So here is for the pole.