Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
Will Delight Sportsmen and Extend the
Eskimo Horizon-A Triangle of
10000 Square Miles of Unknown
Land Has Been Discovered-Found
Party of Esquimaux at Annatoak
Well Equipped with Meat and
Dogs Who Assisted Him in Pre-.
pairing for Dash to the Pole-En.
countered Extreme Cold, the Their.
mometer Going to 80, Centigrade.

Paris Sept The Paris edition of the
New York Herald this morning publishes
a signed stat"lnent from DIR. Frederick
A. Cook, which Is dated Hans Esede.
Lerw!ck, Wednesday" on his experiences
in the Arctic regions.
After n prolonged fight with famine
and frost says DR.. Cook, I'VE have NJ
last succeeded In reaching the North
pole. 4 new highway with an interest
ing strip of animated nature has been
explored and big game haunts located,
which VIII delight .portsmen and ex-
tend the EsumauX horizon
Land has been discovered on which
rests the earths northermost rocks. A
triangle OF 5000 square miles has been
cut out Of the terrestrial unknown The
expedition was the outcome of Il summer
cruise In the Arctic seas on the schooner
Bradley, which arrived at the limits Of
nj vgation In Smith Sound late in August
1907. Here conditions We're found favor
able to launch Il venture to the pole. j. r
Bradley literally supplied from his YES
sci suitable provisions for local use. My
own equipment for emergencies served
well for every purpose Of Arctic travel
Many EsQuimaux had gathered on the
Greenland shores at Annatoak for the
winter bear hunt. Immerse quantities
Of meat had been collected and about
the camp were plenty Of strong dogs
I The combination was lucky. for there
| was good material for equipment All
! that was required was conveniently ar
! ranged for at point only 100 miles from
| the Boreal center. 4 house end work
shop We're built Of racking boxes by will
| ing hands and this northcrnmost tribe o!
$50 peope set themselves 10 the problem
Of devising a suitable outht Before tho
end of the long winter nisht We were
ready for the enterprise and plans hat
matured to force a new route Hvel
Grinnell Land northward along its wes
coast out ON the Polar sea
STARTED FEB 10, lnS
THE campaign opened with few
scouting parties being sent over th'
American shores 10 explore the way ant
seek the game haunts Their mission
was only partly successful because %
the storms. Al sunrise of 1905 (Feb. -
the main expedition embarked on It!
voyage to the pole. It consisted OF /
men and ioS dogs drawing eleven heavil,
laden sledges The expedition left th'
Greenland shore and pushed westward
over the troubled ice of Smith sound
The gloom OF tho long night was re
lleved only by a few hours Of daylight
The chill Of the winter was felt Mt II
worst As We crossed the heights o
Ellesmcre sound TO tho Pacific slope tn
temperature sank to minus 81 centigrade
Several dogs were frozen and the mel
suffered severely but we soon found IN
game trails along which the way wa
easy.
HAD TWO BSQUIMAUX AND Is DOGS
We forced through Nansen sound I
Lands End In this march we secure
l0i musk oxen. seven bears, and 325 hare
We pushed out into the Polar sea froI
tho southern point of Herbert islam
on March Is, six Esknos returned frol
here, With four men and +6 dogs moN
Ing supplies for 10 days. the crossing {
the circum- polar pack was begun Thre
days later two other Eskimos forming n
last supporting party. returned and III
trials had now been reduced by the SUI
vtval Of the httcst. The two best mo
and 20 dogs were picked for the fni
effort.
There before us In an unknown lin
OF 400 miles lay our goal. The first day
provided long marches and we made or
'our"SlHk progress. n DIE leau Wnlc
separated the land from the ice OF IN
central pack was crossed With little de
lay. The low temperature was persist
T ent and the winds made life q torture
But cooped up In our snow houses, eat
Ing dried beef tallow and drinking he
l tea there were some animal comfort
2 occasionally to be gained
NEW LAND DISCOVERED.
For several days after the sight {
\ Known Land was lost the overcast SIX
8 prevented an accurate determination {
. our positions. On March 80 the horizo
q was partly cleared and new land was di'
4 covered. Our observations gave our pos
a ton as latitude SAT- longitude s63
$ There was urgent need OF rapid advanc
< Our main mission did not permit detor
4 for the purpose Of exploring tho coast.
: ''Iiere were seen the last signs
n solid earth; beyond, there was nothing
@ | stable TO be seen.
I'VE advanced steadily ever tn