Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
EXPLORER AscRlREs SUCCESS TO
USE OF EskiMos AND DOGS;
DECLARES HE TOOK DAILY OBJ
sERvATloNs FOR WEEKS.
PLANNING HERE
FOR HOMECOMING

PREPARATIONS AFooT TO GIVE
MONSTER DEMONSTRATION IN
NEW YORK ON THE RETURN OF
DR.. COOK.
Skagen, Denmark, Sept. 3--A news
paper correspondent who went on
board the Hans Egede from a pilot
steamer off here, was able to obtain
lew words with Cook. The explorer
ascribed his success to the fact that
be made use of the old methods, name
", Eskimos and dogs. and that he
lived like an Eskimo himself.
Cook Makes Statement.
The doctor then gave hurried
sketch of his expedition, in which he
said:
.sGoing northward / struck first
westerly course from Greenland and
then moved northward
II arrived at the pole April 21, 1908,
as already announced, accompanied by
only two Eskimos.
I'VE reached the pole at Z O'Clock
the morning.
Il took daily observations for
Nhole fortnight before arriving at the
role Returning we were forced to
lake a more westerly route and the
ftrst ten days / took observations daily
aad recorded them. was unable 10
measure the depth of the sea as had
not the necessary instruments.
..The lowest temperature recorded
was eighty-three degrees centlgrade
below zero"
Eighty-three degrees centigrade be-
low zero is equal to lit degrees below
zero Fahrenheit.
Dane Envoy Meets Explorer
The Hans Egede was met in the
North Sea by the pilot steamer Polar
Bear. aboard of which was Captain
Amdrup, the polar explorer, who was
sent as special representative OF the
Danish government to welcome Cook.
AS the vessels approached each other
Amdrup led the cheers for the Amer
lean explorer
saws He Has Ample Proof.
az have ample proof that reached
the north pole in the observations !.
took. which afford certain means 1f
checking the truth of my statements
said Cook.
l.
achievement in planting the American
flag on the north pole, | look Win
much greater pride to the fact that |
travelled around more than thirty
thousand square miles OF hitherto uh-
known ground and opened up an en-
tirely fresh field for exploration.
New York Preparing Welcome
New York Sept. 3.-Preparations
are already afoot here to make the
Homecoming of DR.. Frederick A. COOK
an event of national and possibly in
tarnational Importance. If the plans
outlined today by members of the Arc
tic club are carried out the welcome
home which DR.. Cook will receive in
New York will be an ovation in which
citv state and nation will take part,
while prominent explorers-Cook's s
former rivals-from all parts OF the
globe will gather to pay their personal
tribute to his achievement.
Will Invite Shackleton.
Among the most notable of those
who in all probability will be here to
greet Dr. Cook on his return will be
Iieut Shackleton, the intrepid Eng.
lishmap whose recent explorations in
the antartic, during which he succeed
ed in pushing nearer to the south pole
than any previous explorer, made MN
a figure of worldwide prominence.
Members of the Arctic club hope
that President Taft may himself be
present as the nations representative
TO welcome DR.. Cook.
"Such an honor would be more than
fitting" one of them declared today
Sin view of the fact that the expiol er
has placed the stars and stripes on the
apex of the world and added perhaps
$4,000 square miles to the nations ter
ritory.
Among the explorers who are eS
pected to take a prominent part IN the
welcome to Dr. Cook are the Duke OF
the Abruzzi, Dr. F'ritjof Nansen, Cap
tain Roald Amundsen, General A. w
Greely, Rear Admiral George Mel
Vile, Anthony Fiala of this city and
Captain Joseph E. Bernier.
No Date of Arrival.
No definite date has yet been sci
for Dr. CookI arrival here. Captain
Bradley S. Osbon, secretary of the
Arctic club, said today that the ex
plorer is not expected for severa
weeks.
.He is due in Copenhagen Satur
day. says Captain Osbon, 'and If he
came straight home would arrive il
New York about the middle of Septem
her, but his friends believe that he
may make several stops on the way
home"