Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-09-02
Long Fight With
Famine and
Frost.
AOTOEATDOGS
Tortured by High Winds and
Hunger in Dash--Tells Of
Hardships-- proofs Of
Discovery Will Be De-
manded of Him.

Paris, Sept. g. = Any lingering
doubt that may possibly have existed
In some minds as to the complete sue
cess of Dr. Frederick A. Cooks dash
to the north pole is removed by the
full details Of his wonderful trip, Civ
en- by the intrepid American explorer
in cable dispatch from Lerwick,
Shetland islands, as follows:
Prolonged Flight With Famine.
After prolonged fight with famine
and frost we have at last succeeded In
reaching the north pole. A new high
way, with an interesting strip Of ami
mated nature, has been explored and
big game haunts located, which will
delight sportsmen and extend the Es-
klmo horizon.
Land has been discovered on which
rest the earth's northernmost rocks. A
triangle of 10000 square miles has
been cut out of the terrestrial un-
known.
House Built Of Packing Boxes.
"At Annatoak house and workshop
were built Of packing boxes by Will
ing hands. and the Eskimos set them
selves to the problem of devlsing
suitable outfit. Before the end of the
long winter night we were ready fer
the enterprise, and plans had matured
to force a new route over Grinnell
Land northward along its west coast
out on TO the po.ar sea.
- MI. Al.
mair expedition embarked ON its voy-
age % the pole. II consisted of eleven
meh1 and 108 dogs drawing eleven
heavily laden sledges.
Even His Dogs Were Frozen.
"As we crossed the heights of Files
mere sound to the Pacific slope the
temperature sank to minus SO degrees
c. Several dogs were frozen, and the
men suffered Severely, but we soon
found the game trails, along which the
way was easy
1--WE forced through Nansen sound to
Lands End. In this march we secured
101 musk oxen, Z bears and 1886 hares.
We pushed out into the polar sea from
the southern point of Herbert island
OH March 1s.
six Eskimos returned from here
With four men and forty six dogs NOV
ing supplies for eighty days the cross
ing of the circumpolar pack was be-
gun. Three days later two other Eski-
mos, forming the last supporting par
ty. returned, and the trials had now
been reduced by the survival Of the
fittest The two best men and twenty
six dogs were picked for the final ef-
fort
There before us in an unknown line
of 40 miles lay our goal. The first
days provided long marches, and we
made encouraging progress. A big
lead which separated the land from
the ice of the central pack was crossed
with little delay
Wind Made Life q Torture.
"The low temperature was persist.
snt, and the winds made life torture.
But, cooped up in our snow houses,
eating dried beef, tallow and drinking
hot tea, there were some animal COM
forts occasionally to be gained.
"For several days after the sight of
known land was lost the overcast sky
prevented an accurate determination
of our positions. On March 80 the ho-
riZon was partly cleared, and new land
was discovered. Our observations gave
our position as latitude "a degrees Al
minutes, longitude SO degrees SO min
htes. There was urgent need of rapid
advance. Our main mission did not
permit a detour for the purpose of ex-
ploring the coast. Here were seen the
last signs of solid earth. Beyond there
was nothing stable to be seen.
"We advanced steadily over the mo-
notony of moving sea ice and now
found ourselves beyond the range Of
all life. Neither footprints of bears
nor the blow holes of seals were de-
iected Even the microscopic creatures
of the deep were no longer under us.
Suffering Almost Unendurable.
'"The maddening influence of the
shifting desert of frost became almost
unendurable in the daily routine. The
surface of the pack offered less and
less trouble, and the weather improv-
ed, but there still remsinad the life /
sapping wind, which drove despair to
Its lowest recess The extreme cold
compelled physical action. Thus day
after day our weary legs spread over
big distances. Incidents and positions
were recorded, but adventure was
promptly forgotten In the next days
efforts. The night of April was made
notable by the swinging of the sun at
midnight over the northern ice. Sun
burns and frostbites now were record
ed on the same day, but the double
days glitter infused quite an incentive
into ones life of shivers.
Our observation on April placed
the camp in latitude SO degrees -
minutes. longitude "a d"'-"