The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
COOKS STORY.
He Describes His Journey 20 and
From tta Much
SOUGHT NORTH POLE

People Who. on Ny Return
Would CAN the Whole Expeditio
q Hunbug."
| A special dispatch received a
London from Skagen says:
LAS the steamer Hansesede etean
ID by caught through my giasse
. vision OF . small man II da.l
sui, and peaked cap shading b!
eyes with bis hands. as Il s:ra!a!oi
TO see the welcome civilization atse
years IN icy exile. It was Dr.. Cook
the explorer. whose name IS on ever!
tongue. He was chatting with th'
| captain on the bridge. now smiling
now waving his hand. was FL
lowed to board the Hansegede.
Somebody gave Dr.. Cook q eou
Qzee. Tears dimned his eyes as b
buried his face n their fragrance
It's years since have seen flowers.
said the explorer with culver Of
emotion In Ills voice
When be smiled one noticed tee
loss o. TWO teeth. A aSht with q
Polar bear aid that he said.
"'you can tell the world the
explorer continued. that Am IN .
ter condition than at any tine and
look forward with an appetite TO
the festivities that are promised ne.
NJ dinner has been poor these last
few years and I shall have to make
up Tor It
"Dr. Cook then briefly described
his journey. Regarding his diseov-
cry he said:
Then eane April 81. That was
the great dey. We looked for the
sun. AS soon ss we got I: I made
several observations. Great Joy
came over us. We we.e only six-
teen miles from the desired spot.
said 20 myself. Bully for Frede,-
lex then we weot on.
The last stretch was the easiest
ever made n my life. although
had still to make two observations
and the Ice was very broken here.
Bu. my spirits were high and I
shouted ike a boy. The Eskinos
locked at one another. surprised at
my sayety. They did not share my
Joy.
"I felt that / ought to be there.
I mad. my last observation and
found that / was standing on the
pole.
MY feelings? Well. I was too
tired really to feel any sensation.
planted the Stars and Stripes in
the ice Geld. and ny hear, grew
warm when cav It wave II the
wind.
How does the North Pole look:"
was asked.
We'll said Dr.. Cook. smiling.
It amounts 70 the size OF twenty
ave cent piece. There is noting 70
see but Ice. ice: no water. only lee.
There were more holes here than
at the S1.h degree. which elbows
there Is more movement and drift
here: but this and other observa-
tsons l made atterwards-~when got
more settled. stopped two days
a, the pole. and assure you 3:
wasn't easy to say goodbye TO the
spot
LAS ! was sitting at the pole I
could no. help smiling at the people.
who. on my return. would call the
whole expedition q humbus. I was
sure the people would say that I
bought my two witnesses. and that
my note book with my daily cbserTa-
lions hac been manufactured on
board this ship.
The only thing can put against
this Is what tho York Esk!mos have
told Knrd Rasmussen. Let the
scep,ics who disoel!eve my story go
to the North Polo. There they Will
nnd a small bcass tube. which
buried under tie Gag. Tha: tube
contains a short statement. about my
trip. could 40: leave my visiting
card. because I cid not happen to
have ore With me.
Perhaps the explorer added
dryly. I should have stayed there
longer had /: not begun to freeze
US in our idleness. The Eskimos
we're uneasy ana tho dogs howled
tea.:ully. On April %. therefore
/ again turned my aose southwark
which was much easier. as you can
not turn you. nose IL any other d.
.ec,loa when you s,ani at the pole.
Describing the return journey. D..
Cook said:
Fortune now smiled. We die
twenty miles per day until we reach
ed the oninous s7th degree. The1
felt the Ice moyilg eastward. car
ry!ng US with Il. A terrible loe
| swep. US and kept US for three
] weeks We got 40 furthe. than The
saith degree. Then began heav,
walk towards Ee!bergs Land aot
another three weeks OF fog. Whe.
that cleared ! saw We had dr!ttet
southwest to Rinsnes!aod. where ~
found open wate. aad tower-hisl
screw ice which stopped ou. va,