The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-04
COOK RECEIVED
An OVATION At
COPENHAGEN
Declares He Has Exact Obser.
vations Proving the Truth
Of His Disco, .ry.
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF fllp,.. ''; /,
CONDITIONS TO MAKE THE 0Asn

Was Fortunate in Securing Food
at the Critical Time-Left Record
and Flag at the Pole.
Copenhagen, Sept. 4.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook. the American explorer re-
turning to civilization from his dis
covery of the North Pole, came into
Copenhagen harbor at 10 o'clock this
morning on board the steamer Bans
Egede from Greenland. Crown Prince
Christian of Denmark. Maurie Egan.
the American minister, the Danish
minister of commerce and commit
tee representing the various public
bodies boarded the Hans Egede and
welcomed DR.. Cook In the name OF
the nation and the city. DR.. Cook was
escorted ashore by Prince Christian.
The explorer was cheered by great
crowds. The immaIse throng fol-
lowed him thrcus., the streets to the
meteorological institute where he
made a brief speech. Speaking to a
representative of the Associated Press
DR.. Cook said he left at the North
Pole an American flag and box con-
tanning documents, including q brief
account of his trip and certain OBJ
servations and data to bear out his
claim. Capt. I. Larsen of the Hans
Egede, said he had examined DR..
Cooks records and that he believed
them to be perfectly correct. In the
course of an interview with the As
sociated Press representative on board
the Hans EEgede, DR.. Cook declared
with great emphasis:
81 have been to the North Pole and
I have brought back the most exact
statement. I have kept diary
through my entire expedition in which
I recorded the most minute details. !"
"As- j approached the pole the Es-
kimos with me were utterly scared at
the meteorological conditions. On the
return trip our provisions beanie octn-
pletely exhausted, no animal life was
visible and for three days we had
nothing to eat. Then in q crevice of
the ice we caught sight of several
walruses. had only few cartridges
left. l crept along the ice on my
stomach, approaching the animals
slowly so as not to scare them. l
expended all my cartridges and as a
result secured two of the walruses.
Our lives were saved.
Eve then broke up our only sledge
and made bows and arrows Of wood
as do Eskimos and we secured game
with these arms. Again, near Cape
York, we were virtually on the point
Of starvation when we found a young
zeal sleeping on the ice. At Cape
York itself we found traces of musk
oxen which we tracked and killed.
From Upernavig to Egedeminde SAIL
I'd on the same ship that carried the
MacClintock and Franklin relief ex-
petitions
1t was weather beaten and shabby
but elated hero who was welcomed
this morning by the Danish capital at
the same official pier and with the
same honors that are customarily
used in the greeting of visiting mem
bers of royal families. DR.. Cook
stood on the bridge of the Hans Egede
wearing shabby brown suit that had
been loaned to him by q seaman. On
his head was a disreputable old cap
and his feet were clad in leather
niuccasins. His blonde hair was long
and shaggy and his moustache rough
and struggling; his complexion was
sallow but his face was full. He was
strange figure for the center OF this
brilliant scene which greeted his re-
turn to civilization.
DIR. Cook stepped ashore and in an
instant the police were powerless as
infants to make way for the party.
DR.. Cook and those about him were
engulfed and swept along by the
clamorous crowd. Maurice F. Egan,
The American minister, and the DAN
lsh officials literally clung to DR.. Cook
together. The party fought its way
desperately to a point near the meter
illogical building. DR.. Cook was
bruised and capless and part of his
sleeve was torn off. "I used to be q
football player but this is the worst
ever saw" he painted. DIR. Cook and
Minister Egan finally succeeded in
reaching the balcony of the institute.
The people crowding the streets and
adjoining park yelled frantically
when they appeared. Egan waved his
hand toward DIR. Cook as an introduc-
lion whereupon the explorer made q
brief address in English. DIR. Cook
will stay in Copenhagen for a few
lays as the guest OF the government,
awaiting the arrival Of his wife. He
will then go to Belgium.
Continuing the conversation DR..
Cook said:
"It was not my intention at the start
% proceed to the pole. 1t was merely
an Arctic excursion. But al found
The conditions favorable continued
On my way to the pole. discovered
the hitherto unknown Islands. We
missed the depots which previously
had been established but we came
accidentally upon one Of Melville's
depots where we found provisions
and instruments in an excellent state
Of preservation. Owing to the small