Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-10
RECORDS 0F MANY VAIN ATTEMPTS
 fOR POLE
FAILURE TO REACH ICY POLE HAS CONTINUED ELEVEN
 HUNDRED YEARS

From the discovery of Iceland in A. D. 795, up to April 2l of last year, when pr, Frederick A. Cook planted the Stars and Stripes at the top of the world, many dauntless explorers tried to reach the north pole only to be doomed to disappointment More than $l0,00O,. GOO has been spent in these attempts and hundreds of lives have been lost in the expeditions into the icebound ter ritory, The record of these failures is as follows:
 795--lrish monks discovered Iceland STO-East coast of Greenland was dis covered by Gunnbioern. an Iceland. 9S3-Erie the Red. banished from lee land, discovered the west coast of Greenland
 lU0O-Labrador discovered by Leiser, son of Erie He soon afterwards discovered either Newfoundland or Nova Scotia.
 1497.-JOhn Cabot reached Labrador. l49S-John Sebastian Cabot, native of England, tried to sail through the American artic regions to India. His men mutinied and compelled return to England. Most of the company perished.
 l5iS-Sir Hugh Willoughby and all of his company died of cold and star vation while trying to make the Northwest Passage. lj76-Frobisher. with two ships. sought the shorter route from England to India, but failed.
 l5S5-Iohn Davis set out to sail through the Northwest Passage. l5s6-Second attempt by Davis. l5S9-Third attempt by Davis. lj99-Dutch explorers, headed by Vii liam Parents. began a series of three famous expeditions, Parents perishiug on the third voyage. l609-East' India company's expedition, headed by Captain Weymouth, met with failure. l6O7-Henry Hudson made the first of his artie voyages. l6l6-Baffin s principal voyage, l77S-Captain Cook took up the search for the Northwest Passage, mak ing three voyages. l7S9-Alexander Mackenzie made the voyage which resulted in his dis covery of the river that bears his name.
 lSlS-Great Britain offered reward of S2O,OOO for making the Northwest Passage.
 | lSlS-Lieutenant John Franklin sailed for the arctic.
 lSlS-Captain John Ross and Lieuten ant Edward Parry followed the Bafin route
 lsl9-Parry's second voyage. lsl9-Seeond voyage by Franklin, great hardship being endured. ls2l-Parry's third voyage lS97-Parry's attempt to reach the north pole.
 lS2S-Expeditions by Franklin, Parry and others.
 l>2S-Danish naval exploration. ls29-Captain John Ross began the ex- petition which led to his discovery of the north magnetic pole. l,37-Simpson and Deane expedition for the Hudson Bay company lAj-Sir John Franklin s exploration, resulting in disaster and death al the region of the magnetic pole, lsiS to ls53-Numerous expeditions in search of Franklin, resulting in
 important geographical discoveries and in proving the existence of the Northwest Passage. sjO-Grinnell expedition from New York in search of Franklin. pr. Kane being one of the members. S5j-Dr. Kane's voyage.
 lS6O-Expedition of Dr. Hayes. of Bos- ton, fellow -vOyager with Kane. 1880, 1864 and 1s71-Notable expedi- tions by Charles Hall of Cincinnati, resulting in important discoveries concerning the fate of Franklin's s men.
 n'S-Lleutenant Sehwatka's expedi ! ton of four men. with only one
 months provisions, going overland
 from Hudson bay, the object of the
 Journey being to find further infer
 nation about Franklin $ fate, This I
 was perhaps the most brilliant are
 ue dash that was ever made.
 Graves were found and the four
 Americans brought back the re-
 mains of one of F-arklin s iieuten
 ants
  ''-Jeauette sailed from San Fran
 CISCO on July s, and nearly two
 Years later was crushed in the ice