The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-02

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 Chronology of Dr.. Cooks Trip to the North Pole
 July 4, 19O7-Left Gloucester as the commander of the John R. Bradley, 8 boat which John R. Bradley of New York had fitted up for a hunting expedition in the polar regions.
 Latter part of August, 1907, hunting trip ended at Annortook, on northwest coast of Greenland and Dr. Cook began preparations for dash to the pole.
 July 19, 19OS-1Main expedition left Annortook with ii men, 1O3 dogs drawing II sledges of provi- sions and supplies.
 March IS, 1908 - Reached Land'S End on Herberg Island, pushed onto the frozen polar sea-
 March 30, 19OS-Horizon clear ed and new land discovered over the western mist. Position, Lat. 84 degrees, 47 minutes; Long. SC degrees, S6 minutes.
 April 2, 19Os-Night made memorable by swing of sun at midnight over the northern ice.
 April 6, 19OS-POSition, Lat. SC degrees, 36 seconds; Long. 94 de- grees, ? seconds. ..-.-.
 April IA, 19OS.-Reached Lat. S8 degrees and 21 minutes; Long. 95 degrees and 52 minutes, Tess than loo miles from the pole.
 April 21, 19OS-Reached the North Pole and raised the Ameri- can flag.
 April 23.. 19Os-Started on re- turn trip.
 May A, 19OS-Had reached the S4th parallel near the 97th merid- ian, found ice broken and drifting eastward with many open spaces of water. Latter part of June, 1908, reached Crown Prince Gus tav sea greatly exhausted by lack of sufficient food and hard travel. Here bears were killed, relieving the hunger. situation temporarily.
 Early in July, 19OS-Crossed the Firth of Devon into Jeon's Sound where dogs were turned loose and started by folding boat and Sledge in an endeaVOr to reach Baffins Bay.
 Early September, 19O8-Frosts and scarcity of provisions tempor. arily stopped progress.
 Latter part September, 19OS- Pushed on to Cape Sparbo, where musk OK, bear and wolves were found and underground den made in which the party spent winter.
 February IS, 19O9-Began jour- ney back to AnnOrtOok.
 April 19, 19O9-Reached Green lands shores.
 May 21, 19O9-Reached the Danish settlement at Upernavik from Cape York.
 Lerwick, Shetland Islands.
 New York, Sept. 2.-There is no mor north: no more myster the great tract of ice frol he hitherto 'tfarthest north'' to tn hitherto undiscovered pole. For year scientists have debated about the reg ons about the poles. Some have pro ohesied that an open sea would 'ound there. Others held that Ian would be found. Still others declare he attraction of gravitation woul ease and weight would become nj All these mooted scientific question nave been settled by Dr. Frederick / Cook, the Brooklyn explorer.
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 Copenhagen, Sept. 2.-When it cam ime to cross the Circum-Polar ice pack. Cook decided to reduce his pal y to the least possible number an ,nly Etukishook and Ahwelab,s hi wo hardest Eskimos were retained The number of dogs was here Ct Town to 16. The final dash was the begun.
 The last of "solid ice' was encour cred On March 30 when clearing skie showed the party that it's trip theno ay over a sea Of moving ice. F'rol his point on Dr. Cook and his tw 7lskimos were the only human breatf ng things in the region. Though cl natic hardships were endured durin he remaining distance, Dr. Cook an lis two companions were free of tn yreatest of all sufferings, that of hur ger. Not until after the pole ha been reached and the return journe begun did the party face the probabi ty of starvation, probability the vas never other than remote.
 FINANCIER BRADLEY TALKS. New York, Sept. 2.-John R. Brad ey, who financed the Cook eXpeditio S jubiIant over the Brooklyn explol ITS success in finding the Pole.
 ''If the news is true as it must be 1e said 'fhe has accomplished tf most wonderful thing ever done b any man-that is to make dash fC he Pole and return alive and unas sisted. This I want to say firml, hat I have never had the slighte: loubt but that Cook was safe an would make his return trip accordin o his original plans.
 .'Dr. Cook carried with him on h rip one hundred pounds in pape which he figured out woul pay his return passage to the state So when people tried to finance a Tt ief expedition some time ago to re. ,ue Dr. Cook I refused to subscrit because I knew Dr. Cook was sa1 md the relief expedition would inter ere with his plans. It was when same back from a hunt in Africa an Dr. Cook ret1r-ned from climbing M