Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
SOME WHO TRIED
To Do What Cook Has Done But
Failed to Do so.
TOOK COOK YEARS
But He Has Accomplished q Great
Work and the World Is Anxiously
Awaiting Full Particulars Of His
Wonderful Discoveries I'm the


Wonderful Discoveries In the
Snow Regions of the North.
The dream Of finding the North
Pole for centuries lured explorers,
scientists, and daring advenutrers.
This ream apparently has now be-
come reality by the achievement
of DR.. Frederick A. Cook, of Brook
lyn. DR.. Cooke cabled a laconic mes
sage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands,
whence he Is proceeding to Copenha-
gen. saying:
Successful. Well. Address Cop
enhagen."
Several days must now elapse
before any further information is
available. The Danish Government
steamer Hansgede has left Lerwick,
Shetland Islands. for Copenhagen,
where she is due today. Mean
time the ship skirts the Danish coast,
passing several small points which
are being closely watched for fur
ther particulars of DR.. Cook.
Some of the most recent or note
worthy attempts to reach the North
Pole are enumerated below.
Walter Wellman. an American,
left the Island OF Spitzbergen. for
the pole in a balloon, August Is.
1903. HIS air ship became disabled
after he mad travelled thirty miles,
| and he was forced to return.
In 1906 Commander Robert e.
Peary. United States navy, reach
ed 81 degrees, 6 minutes, equivalent
to about 203 miles from the Pole.
Commander Peary Is now in the
Polar regions on another expedi-
tion. A relief ship was sent out a
month ago to endeavor to pick him
up. He started from Sydney, n. s.,
July Il, 1908.
On September 3, 1905, Capt.
Roald Amundsen. Norwegian.
completed the first voyage through
the northwest passage He left
| Christiania on the Gjoa. June IL,
1903, and arrived at Herschel ISL
and in the Arctic Ocean in Septem-
ber of 1905.
In 1904. Baron Toll. a Russion,
led Polar expedition party by way
of Siberia, but all the members per-
ished from the cold.
In 1903. Erickson, Dane. head
ed an expedition and got as far as
Saunders Island, where they were
rescued in destitute condition.
In the same year Anthony Fiala.
a young Brooklyn explorer, sailed
on the ship America and proceed
ed further North than the Duke of
the Abruzzi. His party endured
great hardships before they were res
cued.
The Duke of the Abruzzi made his
expedition in 1900. In 1898, DR..
Nansen reached SO degrees, IA min
utes, on the vessel Fran. which left
lngor Strait August 4. 1898.
Prof. Andree made his fatal bal
loon trip in 1897. He left Tromsoe,
Norway. in his balloon. the Eagle,
bound for the pole. Since his dc
parture nothing authentic has been
heard OF Andree.
In 1888. Capt. Delons expedition
IN the Jeannette was To-: lear Hen
rietta Island.
In 1892 the Greedy expedition
reached 83 degrees. "a minutes, and
In 1845 Sir John Franklin made III.
disastrous attempt to penetrate from
Lancaster Sound to Behring Strait
At a meeting of the Explorers
Club. of New York, In October, 1907
letter from DR.. Cook dated a
|, Etah. August 26. gave this informa
tion:
II find that I have a good oppor
tunity to try for the pole, and, there
fore, l Will stay here for a year
hope to get to the Explorers Clul
in September, 1908. with the recorC
of the pole. / plan to cross Elles
. mere Land and reach the Polar Sci
by Nansen Strait. hope you cal
induce some of the members of tn
club to come and meet me at Cap
York. Here's for the pole with tn
= flag"
About the same time Herbert I
Bridgeman, of Brooklyn, receive
this letter from Cook similarly dat
ed:
II have hit upon a new route t
: the North Pole. and I will stay I
u try 1t. BY way of Buchanan Ba,
Ellesmere Land, over the Pola
Sea, seems to me to be very goo
. route. There will be game to tn
eighty second degree. and there ar
u natives and dogs for the task. S
here is for the pole. Mr.. Bradle
9 will tell you the rest. Kind r,
9 CARDS to ALL"
DR.. Cooks dispatch tells of h
II success. He seems to have aeon
Q plished what others who tried faile
II to accomplish. and what many BRAY
men sacrificed their lives In vain I
attain. II he has really found q
open sea near the North Pole tn;
y can be used for commercial purpo
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