Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16
Denies Cook Reached Pole.


tempt to explain any discrepancies in his
statements The affair will settle itself
He has not been at the pole on April
81, 1908 or at any other time He has
simply handed the public gold brick
These statements are made advisediy'
and l have proof of them. When he
makes full statement Of his journey
over his signature to some geographical
society. or other reputable body, II that
statement contains the claim that he mas
reached the pole, l shall be IN posi-
ton to furnish material that may prove
distinctly interesting reading for the pup
lie. ROBERT E. PEARf.
Battle Harbor, Labrador (via Marco
nj wireless, Cape Ray, n. F.). Sept. y
The steamer 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 1S 1905
setting the usual course for Cape Sa-
bine. The weather was dirty. with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board % Eskimo men. II women, and
10 children, 226 dogs. and some forty
odd walrus.
We encountered the ice short dis
lance from the mouth of the harbor
but it was not closely packed. and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difficulty,
Find Much Water.
AS we neared Cape Sabine the wealth
er cleared somewhat and we passed by
Three WORT island and Cape Sabine.
easily making out with the naked eye
the house at Hayes harbor occupied by
me in the winter of 190i-02.
From Cape Sabine north there was
so much water that we thought of set
l.,c
wind but a little later appearance of
ice to the northward stopped this.
There was clean open water to Cape
Albert and from there scattered ice
to a point about abreast of Victoria
Head thick weather and dense ice
bringing US some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here we drifted south somewhat
and then got aslant to the northward
out of the current We worked little
further north and stopped again for
some hours. Then we again worked
westward and northward till we
reached a series of lakes. coming to a
stop a few miles south of the Wind
wards winter quarters at Cape Dur
vile.
From here after some delay. we
slowly worked way northeaStward
through fog and broken ice of m edium
thickness through one night and the
forenoon of the next day, only emerg-
ing into open water and clear weather
off Cape Fraser.
Strike Ice and Fog.
From this point we had a clear run
through the middle of Robson 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
4o make out our whereabouts and we
steamed north through a series of leads
past Cape Lupton, and thence south
ward toward Cape Union. A few miles
off 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 Law for some time in a 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 several
days during period of constant and
at times violent northeasterly winds.
Twice we were forced aground by
+he heavy ice; we had our port quar-
fer rail broken and a hole stove in the
bulwarks. 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 10
pIocL cane and hung on to a grounded
hit of ice At last. little after mid
night of September 5. we passed through
extremely heavy running ice into a
stream of open water rounded Cape
Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
Within a quarter of an hour of the
same time we arrived three years before
seven a. M, September 5-we reached
the open water extending beyond Cape
Sheridan.
We steamed up to the end of it and il
appeared practicable at first to reach
Porter bay, near Cape Joseph Henly
which / had for my winter quarters, but
the outlook being unsatisfactory, | went
back and put the Roosevelt into the
only opening in the foe. being barred
close to the mouth of the Sheridan riv.
er little north of our position three
years prior.
Put Up for Winter
The season was further advanced thar
in 1905; there was more snow on tn,
ground and the new ice inside the fiot
bergs was much thicker.
The work of discharging the ship wa.
commenced 1T once and rushed to com
pletion. The supplies and equipment w,
sledged across ice and sea and deposite,
on shore. A house and workshop wer,