New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
CHEERS FOR DIR. COOK


to the world Coming as IL does from Iellow work
c the gheS hc could a to e o Of
:. The key to frigd endeavor is subsistence There
is Impossible to man. If the animal fires sup
and obstacle too great to e suTmOgEt No I'M
Enscaabe carriers ho oT mpossbe %eaSer The
sAnausted food supply resulting from Limited
from his goal This problem de 1u IS large
Ia arge ana toe complex to examine at this time time
and much has been learned.
SHARES CREDIT FOR EXPLOIT.
:, The he most important lesson is that civilized man.
prI pic necessary The problem belongs TO mod
the the food and the Of transportation Of the
Ned to mt the new I enrichment With due respect
TO the complimentary eioquence Of the chairman
f0F Of getting e the pole . not one Of physical
proper Gndersandng ra the 10 Geedg Of the stomach
and knowledge OF the limits of the brue force of
Our conquest was only possible with the accu,
failures OF our less successful predecessors We're
stepping stones 20 ultimate success. The real path
P%s EnE RGs % %ed the s' sor taan and
ners must therefore share the good fruits which
your chairman has put into my basket;
twin families OF wild folk. the Esqumau and the
nGIan We're important factors TO us The use OF
ben bo- OF ae A6Ctf mystery barely POSSIBLE
method Of travel the motor force and the native
ingenuity dy without which the polar quest would be
mau To savage man. therefore. who has no flag.
b Es hart OF R Mhd Vad the bills
-2 Tho at least half Of this fruit
under Captain Bernier one thousand miles out Of
basket. In returning shriveiied skin and withered
muscles were hlled out at the expense Of Danish
with open arms by fellow exporers-to you and to
e PeISnss . this basket OF good things which the
% Nothing would sur me better than to tell you
very first telegram gives more specific data than
SSud naPe to tell you in an after dinner address
ei9eidation Of certain phases OF our adventure In
with pictures '''' ''0 '''lp'0'0 S'0'S - SOu'
Is that did not seek geographic license TO start
iSr ths pole Now, gentlemen. to the large public
appreciate that no explorer can start and say that
all haVe Failed MaIy g9Sd men have tried
problem know that success is barely possible when
only necessary to make announcement that an ex-
TabTon em6aTks for the pole to start an Tnde1
the business concerned us only. I believed then,
be time enough to fly the banner OF victory. You
Are be4a here 1 tonight Mr. Bradley is here and am
noTerys M M9w gentlemen appeal to you as ex
9ody to any man. to any body OF men. for license
Another criticism is the charge of our insufficient
equipment ECU we have met this You know that we
success
white men. who at best are novices is a distinct
ent is fatal to PROCESS We chose to live life
| as simple as that OF Adam and we forced the
strands Of human endurance to scientific limits
Il you WIN reach the pole there is no other way
hcient funds We We're not overbIrdened With the
start for that purpose.
UNDUE HASTE TO EXAMINE DATA
Now. as to the excitement OF the presto force
things Of their own picking from Important rec
stand that have already given a tangible account
mary reports Of any previous explorer The data
the observations. the record. are of exactly the
been taken with faith and the complete record
agree to deliver ali within ' few months We
Now sentlemS \, about the pole. We arrived on
lO2d meridian, between the saith and S5th parallels
The & was south of nj the S5 and
south of west. Clear weather gave good regular
combined with those at the pole on the 2st and
bs OF AP ARE to our claim
az nU 6e4 et th viii n co that but this This
/ cannot sit down without acknowledging TO you
/ gratitude for their valuable assistance The re-
port of this polar success has come with sudden
| force but in the present enthusiasm must not
forget the fathers of the art of polar travel There
the graves OF the dead and 10 the heads of the iv
Many here tonight The names are too
numerous 10 mention Special mention for honors
y
Fala. Nansen Abruzz Cagni Sverdrup Amund-
sen. Nordenskjold and a number of English and
other explorers.
The evening started very tamely for such an
energetic affair. The twelve hundred diners
gathered in the corridors and waited. discussing
nearly everything that might bear on polar ex-
ploration. DR.. Cook slipped through a corner of
the crowd. almost unnOticed. on the arm of DR.
Roswell o. StebbIns. chairman of the clubs ex-
ecutive committee. With Rear Admiral Schley.
president of the club. they entered the ballroom,
and the others followed.
The room was hung with flags. much as IT has
been ten thousand times before Behind DR..
Cooks chair hung long blue pennant with
globe marked upon ii. emblem of the Arctic
Club, and before him the table was a real
globe with tiny silk flag thrust in at the pole
The centre box OF the lower tier directly across
from him, reserved for Mrs. Cook and her
party, and hung with the national coat-of-
arms a pale blue field. The boxes filled
slowly during the dinner. and when coffee time
came every seat in both tiers was occupied
With the coming Of the double overflow from
the two outer rooms the audience swelled
to nearly eighteen hundred persons.
The speakers in addition to DR.. Cook were
Rear Admiral Schley Mr.. MCGOWAN. Borough
President COler. Count Moltke, Professor Will
lam Brewer, honorary president of the Arctic
Club; Representative w. S. Bennett OF New
York: Job E Hedges. and Charles Wake OF the
Explorers Club.
Among those present were ]. Clan Consul
General of Denmark: Christian Ravn Nor
wegian Consul General; DR.. ]. H. Ward Dillon
Wallace Gardner T. Voorhees,. Caspar Whitney
Charles H. Townsend. ]. Knowles Hare. Dr.
Edward Payson Fowler. F. S. Dellenbaugh. the
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