The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-09-10
F0RTH POLE
ED|SCOVERED
III Of Centuries Ends in Tri-
'.s-Dr. Cook Reaches Pole
I[R|CAN FLAG FLOATS

q # cooks feat Only Rece'vedWhen
labrador Comes Wireless That
~ Has Also Reached the Pole
400, startling news of the week
~ s', ,eDort received by way of Ler-
Wy y i ,he Shetland Islands, that DR..
III, y A. Cook, of Brooklyn, had on
III t day Of April, 1908, discovered
north pole. \,
y s public had only overcome the
\ 4 the first announcement OF DR..
= great discovery when wireless
nee from Lieut.. Peary, from the
shores of Labrador, announces
h too. had made similar discov.
YEAR later - on April 9th of
YEAR, Thus, after four centuries,
msnv attempts from all nations,
,rea has the honor of having two
Isr citizens plant the Stars and
pes on the coveted spot.
6rst there was much skepticism
,ssed at the news and scientists
aow to believe the report, but
nstion of the story and an ex-
"a account of the tlip from An.
for in Greenland to the pole and
m to Uhrenovik, has been received
Dr Cook. himself, who says:
after a prolonged fight with fam
And FROST" says DR.. Cook, I'VE
At last succeeded in reaching the
pole. A new highway, with an
Resting strip of animated nature
been explored and big game haunts
I'd, which will delight sportsmen
extend the Eskimo horizon.
and has been discovered on which
the earth's northermOst rocks.
bangle of 10000 square miles has
cut out of the terrestrial unknown.
expedition was the outcome of a
Der cruise in the Arctic seas on
ehoOner Bradley, which arrived at
hits Of navigation in Smith sound
b August, 1907. Here conditions
found to launch a venture to the
]. R. Bradley literally supplied
bis vessel suitable provisions for
use. My own equipment for
fgencies served well for every pur-
Of Arctic travel. Many Eskimos
gathered on the Greenland shores
nnatoak for the winter bear hunt.
ense quantities of meat had been
sted and about the camp were
gof strong dogs. The combina-
was lucky, for there was good
erlal for equipment. All that was
lred was conveniently arranged for
nt only 700 miles from the BOral
r. A house and workshop were
q packing boxes by willing hands
!hs northmost tribe of $50 people
nemselves to the problem of de-
Z suitable outfit. Before the
q The long winter night we were
lor the enterprise and plans had
fed to force a new route over
aell land northward along its west
out into the Polar sea.
ne campaign opened with a few
lag parties being sent over the
leaa shores to explore the way
see the game haunts. Their mis-
us only partly successful because
y storms. AT sunrise, of 1913
gafy ~ the main expedition en-
s. on its voyage to the pole. 1t
ea Of eleven men and 1O3 dogs
Mg eleven heavily laden sleighs.
sapeditlon left the Greenland shore
Sned westward over the troubled
.; omlth sound. The gloom of the
Wy was relieved only by a few
q daylight. The chill of the
vas felt at its worst. As we
sae heights of Ellesmere sound
!, raclfic slope the temperature
y minus IS centigrade. Several
Js'e frozen and the men suffered
y. out we soon found the game
s sOng which the way was easy.
VtSea through Nansen sound to
Enc. In this march we secured
4'A oxen, seven bears and 1886
pushed out into the Polar sea
% southern point of Herbert
y march Is. Six Eskimos re-
,'om here. With four men and
a.. oogs moving supplies for
Ss ys' the crossing of the circum-
uek was begun. Three days
~ c!her Eskimos, forming the
S''Ing party, returned and the
a. y now been reduced by the
Ssd VI the fittest. The two best
A, .wsenty-six dogs were picked
r; IleIore us in an unknown line
p," %,iss lay our goal. The first
.'ueo long marches and we
encouraging progress. A big
H. separated the land from the
mi. central pack, was crossed
VA e, oelay. The low tempera-
s.l persistent and the winds made
hos .sure. But cooped up in our
finl;s eating dried beef tallow
aug not tea there were some
'n'orts occasionally to be
I svs days after the sight of
IA no was lost the overcast sky
r;fiosn accurate determination OF
On March 80, the hori-