The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-17
psc,,s Cook Reached Pole.

Battle He.bor. Labrador tvia Marconi
1vtrsIess, Caps Ray. N. FL. Sept. O.-Do
BOT trouble about Cooks story. or At
bmpt to explain any discrepancies In his
atsmsnts The AFFAIR will settle itself.
HE has not been At the pole on April
~. or At any other time He has
npiy handed the public gold brick.
Thees statements are made advtsedly.
ID I have proof Of them. When he
axes Q full statement Of his journey
Lee his signature to some geographical
beaety, or other reputable body. II that
atsment contains the claim that he has
aehsa the pole. shall be in posi-
Uoa to furnish material that may prove
Dstinctiy Interesting reading for the pub
E. ROBERT Z. PEARY.
4 Battle Harbor. Labrador (via Marco
1ht eless. Cape Ray. N. F.). Sept. =
PThS Steamer Roosevelt, bearing the
north polar sxpedition Of the Pe.ry
Arctic club. partsd company with the
Erik and steamed out Of Etah ford late
4sa the afternoon Of August ls. 1908.
spetting the usual course for Cape 0a-
ssDine. The weather was dirty. with
Fresh southerly winds. We had on
board % Eskimo men. II women and
10 children. s2s dogs. and some forty
oad walrus.
We encountered the ice . short dis
beaAce from the mouth Of the harbor.
but II was not clcssly packed. and was
Negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difncuIty.
Find Much Water.
Al ws scared Cape Sabine the wealth
q cleared somewhat and We passed BY
Three WORT island aud Cape Sabine.
easily making out with the naked eye
the house At Hayes harbor occupied BY
ne in the winter of 1sel-oz.
0~A
- much water that We thought Of set
ting the lug sail before the southerly
wind, but . little later appearance OF
tee to the northward stopped this.
There was clean open water to cape
Albert. and from there scattered ice
% Q Point about abreast OF vicsori.
HEAD. thick weather and dense ice
bringing ~ some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here We drifted south somewhat
and then got aslant to the northward
eat Of the current We worked little
further north and stopped again for
some hours. Then We again worked
westward and northward till we
reached . series Of lakes. coming to =
stop . few miles south Of the Wind
Ward's winter quarters At Cape Dur
willie.
F-om here. after some delay. We
slch,y worked q way northeastward
ehh "a fog and broken Ice Of medium
thiekness through one night and the
forenoon Of the next day. only emer9-
ing into open water and clear weather
- Cape Fra ser.
Strike Ice and Fog.
From this point We had . 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
In ~f a
cable opening were forced across to
the Greenland coast at Thank God
Harbor.
The fog lifted there and enabled US
TO make out our whereabouts and wo
steamed north through series of leads
ward toward Cape Union. few miles
OF 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 lay for some time in q lake Of
water. and then. to prevent being drift
ed south again. took refuge under the
north shore Of Lincoln bay, in nearly
saehe Identical place where We had our
nnpleasant experiences three years be-
IRE. Here we remained for severeal
Sys during q period Of constant and
at times violent northeasterly winds.
Twice We were forced aground BY
the heavy ice: We had our port quar-
ter rail broken and . 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
shallow niche tn the ice. but after some
hours We made another short run to
Black cape and hung on to . grounded
bit Of ice At last, q little after mid
nssht Of September 5, We passed through
eS.emely heavy running ice into
0 ham Of open water. rounded Cape
Rawson and passed caps Sheridan.
within . quarter OF an hour Of the
easA tins W arrived thrss years before
81 n . m.. Septs0bse k-ws reached