The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-02
Dream of Finding North Pole
Has for Many Centuries
Lured Explorers, Scientists
and Daring Adventures.
DR.. COOK SEEMS TO
HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL
Copenhagen Dispatches Are
Definite That the American
Scientist Has Finally Ended
the Quest of Centuries,
GOES BY A NEW ROUTE

Inc uIcaH u lluUlHS the NOIIu
Pole has for centuries lured explorers,
scientists and daring adventureTs.
Whether this dream has now be-
come a reality by the achievement Of
Dr.. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn
rests thus far upon the reports ca
bled from Copenhagen, apparently
through an official source.
At the same time Dr.. Cook cables
"a iaconic message from Lerwick,
Shetland Islands, saying:
Successful. Well. Address Copen-
hagen"
The hopes aroused are to some ex-
tent qualified by Dr.. Cooks message.
While ne says he has been success
full there is no specific mention Of
having reached the pole.
On the other hand the Copenhagen
dispatches are apparently definite
that DR.. Cook reached the pole.
Several days must eIapse before any
further details are available. This Dan
ish steamer Hans EFzde has left Lerwick
Shetland Islands, bound for Copenhagen,
where she Is due next Saturday Some Of
the most recent noteworthy attempts to
reach list. north pole are euum rated be
low.
WelIman Fails.
Walter WelImau. an American, left tine
island Of Spiraenberg for the pole in
he rs q r7-eH he
came disabled after he had Travelled
thirty miles and he was forced to return.
In 1895, Commander Robert +. Peary,
L. s. n, reached Sc degrees, g minutes,
equivalent to about 203 miles from tho
pole. F5ary is now In the polar regions
on another expedition A relief ship was
sent cut Cd month ago to endcavor to pick
him up. Tie started fTom Sydney, n s,
On sept. 3, 1903, Captain Ronald Amund-
sen. a Norwegian completed the first
voyage through the northwest passage.
He left Christiania on the GjOa June L.
1903 and arrived at HerscheI island in the
Arctic ocean, in September of 1905. In 1904
Baron Toll, a Russian. led a polar exDedi-
ton party by way Of Siberia, but all the
members persisted
Many Others.
In 1903, Erickson, a Dane. got as for as
saunders islands. where he was rescued in
a destitute condition. In the same year
plOrer5 sailed on the snip America and
proceeded further north than the Duke Of
AbruzzI. His party endured great hard
ships before they were rescued. The Duke
OF Abruzzi made his expedition in 1850.
In 1885 DT. Nansen reached So degrees,
IA minutes on the vessel Fran which left
IngOr Strait Aug. 4. 1888 Professor An
dree made his balloon trip in 1891. He left
TrOmsOa, Norway, in his balloon the
Eagle, bound for the pole. Since his de-
parture nothing authentic has been heard
of him.
IN 1888 Captain belongs expedition in
the Jeanette was lost near Henrietta
Islands. In 1852 the Greeley expedition
reached So degrees, . minutes. and in
1645 Sir John Franklin made his disastrous
attempt to penetrate from Lancaster
Sound to Behring Straits.
Thinks Chance Good:
At a meeting of the Explorers club of
New York IN October 1907, a letter from
Dr. Cook dated at Etah, Aug. 26 gave
this information.
I find I have a good opportunity TO
try for the pole and therefore VIII stay
mere for a year I hope to get to the
Explorers club i'm September 1908. with
the record of the pole. I plan to cross
Elesmereland and reach the polar sea by
hansen Strait
About the same time Herbert I. Bridg-
man of Brooklyn received this letter from
Cook, similarly dated: Il have hit lD01
a new route to the north pole and I will
stay to try it. By way Of Buchanan bav
through Nansen Straits over the polar sea
seems TO me to be a very good route
There will be game to the end of the sod
degree and here are natives and dogs for
the task. So here is for the pole Mr.
Bradley will tell you the rest"