The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-03
DiSCOverer Of Pole Re-
lateS How He Lived
in Arctic North.
MONARCH WILL TENDER J
BANQUET IN HIS HONOR
Copenhagen Ready to Acclaim
American-John r. Bradley
Tells of Expedition. !.

SKAGEN, Denmark, Sept IA
newspaper correspondent who went on
board the Hans Egede from the pilot
steamer off here was able to obtain a
few words with DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
The explorer ascribed his success to
the fact that he made use of the old
methods, namely, Esquimaux and
dogs, and that he lived like an Esqui-,
mau himself.
The doctor then gave hurried
sketch of his expedition, in which he
said:
Going northward I struck first a
westerly course from Greenland, and
then moved northward.
Il arrived at the North Pole April Il.
1905 as already announced, accor1~
panied by only two Esquimaux.
I'VE reached the pole at o'clock in
the morning.
81 took daily observations for a whole
fortnight before arriving at the pole.
"Reurning 1--WE were forced to take a
more westerly route, and the first ten
days \ took observations daily and re-
corded them. was unable to measure
the depth of the sea. ns had not tho
necessarily Instruments,
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 3.-The steam
er Hans Bgede. with DR.. Frederick A.
Cook, the American explorer, on board.
passed Cape Skagen. the northern ex-
tremity of Denmark, at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Cape Skagen is about 175 miles from
! Copenhagen, and the Hans Egede prob
ably will come into port some time
during the night.
If Dr. Cook attempts to do Justice to
all the banquets awaiting him here and
attends all the festivities that are be-
ing prepared IN his honor, he probably
will end by wishing himself back on
latitude 80 with the scant fare of the
northernmost point of the world.
The social activities will begin direct-
ly the steamer Melchior, bearing the
committee of the Royal Geographical
Society. with Maurice F. Egan, tha
American minister, as their guest,
meets the Hans Egede. DR.. Cook will
be given a reception and banquet on
board the Melchior
| King Frederick of Denmark has i'm
| timated his desire to receive the in
trepid traveller on Saturday morning,
ners, receptions and gaieties will be
| incessant. The entertainments will in
clude banquets by the Minister of
Commerce, the Municipal Council of
Copenhagen and Minister Egan.
Hundreds of oablegrams from Amer
ica and all parts of the world have been
received at the American legation for
| the doctor
| Hle X n h a rrQ rp6 n fatp ri a
DIR. Cook at luncheon tomorrow and
the municipal banquet to the explorer
will be given in the Town Hall tomor-
row night. The committee having this
entertainment in hand includes repre-
sentatives of the ministry of commerce..
of the municipality, the Royal Geo
graphical Society and the Board Of
Trade. Four hundred guests have Eeen
invited
A certain amount of skepticism IS
noticeable today among the Scandi-
navian Arctic explorers who yesterday
accepted the discovery of the North
Pole as an accomplished fact, and even
the Americans here admit that they
have some doubt pending full state-
ment from Dr. Cook himself. DIR. Nat
horst, the Swedish professor who ques-
| toned the correctness of the first ac-
count of DR.. Cooks dispatch, added to-
day in all events, DR.. Cook had made
good sporting trip"
The news that the Hans Egede had
passed Cape Skagen led to increased
activity on the part of those preparing
to celebrate the return of the explorer.
The city already is gay with flags. and
everywhere the Stars and Stripes are
being interwined with Danish ensigns.
Many persons are preparing to stay UP
all night for the possible arrival of the
Hans Egede, but the steamer cannot
make port before tomorrow morning.
The Melchior win meet the Hans
Egede twenty-five miles outside of the
harbor and if DR.. Cook approves he
will be transferred TO this vessel for the
run to Copenhagen.
The official reception will be held at
9 o'clock tomorrow morning and the
pier where the government and city ofi'-
cials will welcome the explorer is being
elaborately decorated. Preparations
also are being made to handle an enor-
nous crowd of people.
! NEW YORK, Sept. S.-The expected
arrival of DR.. Frederick A. COOK at
Copenhagen from his epoch-marking
| trip to the North Pole, Whlcn propdpiy
will be chronicled tomorrow, IS the
most important news item ON the
horizon. 1t is confidently expected by
his friends and supporters that he VIII
then produce incontrovertible proofs
that he reached the North Pole. thus
aliaymg the wave of scepticism which
! has been manifested in the opinions
of many of his fellow scientists both
here and abroad
| That Dr Cook Will be able fully 10
substantiate his claims Is indicated by
a brief official statement from bnitea
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