The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-16
Denies Cook Reached Pole.

Denies Cook Reached Pole.
 Battle Hs=bor. Labrador (via Marconi wireless, Cape Ray, N. F), Sept. 10.-Do not trouble about Cooks story, or at tempt to explain any discrepancies in his statements The affair will settle itself He has not been at the pole on April H. 1908. or at any other time. He has simply handed the public gold brick These statements are made advisedly and l have proof of them. When he makes a full statement of his journey over his signature to some geographical society, or other reputable body. If that ,tatement contains the claim that he has reached the pole. I shall be in posi- ton to furnish material that may prove distinctly interesting reading for the pub uci RoHEh4 H. TEAM
 Battle Harbor, Labrador (via Marco ni wireless Cape Ray. N. F). Sept. g. The steamer Roosevelt bearing the north polar expedition of the Peary Arctic club. parted company with the Erik and steamed out of Etah ford late in the afternoon of August IS, 1908, setting the usual course for Cape Sa- bine. The weather was dirty. with fresh southerly winds. We had on board 22 Eskimo men. IT women. and 10 children. 226 dogs. and some forty odd walrus.
 We encountered the ice a short dis tance from the mouth of the harbor but 1t was not closely packed. and was negotiated by the Roosevelt without serious difficulty.
 Find Much Water.
 As we neared Cape Sabine the weath- CT cleared somewhat and we passed by Three Voort island and Cape sabine, easily making out with the naked eye the house at Hayes harbor occupied by me in the winter os l90l-O2.
 From Cape Sabine north there was SO much water that we thought of set ting the lug sail before the southerly wind. but a little later appearance or Zee to the northward stopped this.
 There was clean open water to Cape Albert, and from there scattered ice to a point about abreast Of victoria Head thick weather and dense ice bringing us some ten or hiteeh mlies away
 From here we drifted south somewhat and then got aslant to the northward out of the current. We worked little further north and stopped again for some hours Then we again worked westward and northward till we reached a series of lakes coming to stop a few miles south of the Wind wards winter quarters at Cape Dur vile.
 From here. after some delay, we slowly worked way northeastward through fog and broken ice of medium thickness through one night and the forenoon of the next day only emerg- ing into open water and clear weather off Cape Fraser.
 Strike Ice and Fog.
 From this point we had clear run through the middle of Robeson channel
 ..,vt. f,AsV fr Lady Franklin bay. Here we encoun- tered both ice and fog, and while working along in search of practi- cable opening were forced across to the Greenland coast at Thank God Harbor.
 The fog lifted there and enabled us Co make out our whereabouts and we steamed north through series of leads past Cape Lupton, and thence south ward toward Cape Union. few miles of that cape we were stopped by inn practicable ice and we drifted back south to Cape Union, where we stopped again.
 Ship Forced Aground.
 We lay for some time In lake of water and then, to prevent Delng drltt- ed south again, took refuge under the north shore of Lincoln bay, In nearly the Identical place where we had our
  fore. Here we remained for severeal days during a period of constant and at times violent northeasterly winds Twice we were forced aground by the heavy ice; we had our port quar- ter rail broken and a hole stove in the bulwarks and twice we pushed out in an attempt to get north, but were forced back each time to our precari- ous shelter.
 Heavy Running Ice.
 Finally on September we squeezed around Cape Union and made fast in shallow niche Tn the ice, but after some hours we made another short run to Black cape and hung on to grounded bit of ice. At last, a little after mid night of September 5. we passed through extremely heavy running ice into stream of open water, rounded Cape Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
 Within a quarter of an hour Of the same time we arrived three years before
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