The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-02
ARTICLE DESCRIBING DISCOVERY
OF PLACE, SIGNED BY COOK,
is PUBLISHED.
BIG BODY OF LAND FOUND
rar's Edition of New York Paper Pub
fishes Account of Dash Into the
Hitherto Unknown Regions of the
Earth's Frozen North Sent From
Vessel by Finder of the Pole.

Paris, Sept. 1.-"After a prolonget
fight with famine and frost, we at las
succeeded in reaching the north pole.
Thus declares DR.. Frederick A. Cool
in signed statement this morning In
the Paris edition of the New yorl
Herald.
This statement. which is dated
Hans Egede, Lerwick. Wednesday,
continues:
new highway. with an interest
Ing strip of animated nature, has been
explored, and big game haunts located
which viii delight sportsmen and tx
tend the Eskimo horizon.
Land has been discovered on which
rest the earth's northernmost rocks
A triangle of 10000 square miles has
been cut out Of the terrestrial un-
known.
THE expedition was the outcome of
a summer cruise in the Arctic seas on
the schooner Bradley. which arrived
at the limits of navigation In Smith
sound late in August, 1907.
Here conditions were found favor
able for launching the adventure to
the pole.
Gives Supplies.
-. r. Bradley literally supplied
from his vessel suitable provisions for
local use. My own equipment for
emergencies served well for every pur-
pose of Arctic travel. Many Esklrnos
had been gathered on the Greenland
shores for the winter bear hunt I'M
mense quantities of meat had been
collected and in camp were plenty of
strong dogs. The commission was
lucky, for there was material for
equipment.
.'All that was required was convent
emily arranged for at IA point only 700
miles from the boreal center. 4 house
and workshop We're built Of packing
boxes by willing hands and this north
ernmost tribe of $50 people set them
selves to the problem of devising a
suitable outfit. Before the end of the
long winter they were ready for the
enterprise and plans were made to
force a new route over Grinneliann
northwest along its west coast out on
the Polar sea.
Campaign Opens.
THE campaign opened with a few
scouting parties being sent over the
shores to explore the way and seek
the game haunts. Their mission was
only partly successful before the sea-
son of the storms. At sunrise of Feb
ruary 10, 1908. the main expedition
embarked on its voyage TO the pole.
1t consisted of II men and 103 dogs,
drawing IL heavily laden siedges. The
expedition left. the Greenland shore and
pushed westward over the troubled ice
of Smith sound. The gloom of the
long night was relieved only by few
hours of daylight. The chill of the
winter was felt at its worst. As we
crossed the heights of Ellesmere sound
to the Pacific slope the temperature
sank to minus s3 eentrigrade. Several
dogs were frozen and the men suffered
severely. but we soon found the game
trails. along which the way was easy.
We forced through Nansen sound
to Lands End. In this march NE So
cured lol musk OK. seven bears and 80
hares. We pushed out into the Polar
sea frum the southern noint of Hum
bert islands on March Il. Seven Es-
auimaux returned from here, With
four men and is dogs moving supplies
for so days, the crossing of the cir
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