The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-10-21

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HiN AZ Tnf rolE
Though thin and ragged. bad dignity
~ heroes - The greatest human rli-
ile wha.h Ind ever beoa fought with
remarkahle srefpss
We wr,y ~ ilfleG Il The paradise of
winaers y W slepped over the snews
o. apsfias fsf which We lad Kissed
ne and willingly suffered the fortunes
ofan iry he'll
TIE Ice under rs seemed almost sa-
cred When The edomefer registered
fmlrtepn aul ha'f miles W rafnnet
ard ealmr wfni - sleep feeling Ihsi
~ were iiFninc 0n ihe pariifs axis
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degrees - nlpn'es AZ seconds We
therefore ted me role. or The eSaet
w,i wlrre sllonld he within sigh
we advanced ~ allen serenas.
nade snnpIemeutary observations
nli bed fhe ieat. hrili snow isl4o
and pfemrcd 20 make ourselves com.
fcriatle ter : s.av long enough FOR tsva
rounds n observations.
cur position vas ibns doubiy assnr
- asd r,~essary day ~ rest vas
rrlHea fuhlsbis ani Ahwpfah ea.
ioycd lie as III onipi refose hui
sieit verv little AiY goal WIS reaeb-
"a: ihr ar1'i'iun II ny llfe had ben
fulfilled How could slecp away
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ilonf
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rep'pr Tic dream % nations bal been
sna9Iasd THE race ef centuries Wis
onrs The fae was pinned ~ tie cev.
f'ed raA The ypaf WAS laoS ibe elt
snyH 81
Tie sun indicated local noon. hrf
time ans negative prnmem. for h.fr
aiI nerldlans n9eci Wi'ha siep 4 aas
possible IL e. from ufie pari ~ ITO
riohn 10 fhp opposite side fram the
haur ~ mlirlrht Il TIM 81 mlld#f
Here there are hut one day and one
uiar N each war The latitude W.
~ sieere,s. The temperature IS ihr
atmospheric pressure 2aSs North
east ana .wnsf hrd vanished u wgs
south in every direction. bur lie cor.
tns4. iwiniing ~ 80 magnetic pnir
was rs useful rs ettr
Though avprinyed With the srrcess
~ The can0uest our spirits hesan 81
ehauge IN ,ha next day after AL The
observations hai becn tascn and the
inral c0rdliinns were studied 4 sense
n Intense lrnellncss camc With care
m: scrutiny u the horizon What 2
cteprlrss sp0, IL have aroused The nm.
billion ~ man Tor SO many ages End.
lrss fields Of purple SHOWS NJ life nn
hand. no srpi. 10 relieve The inonoiony
of frost. We we're the only pnlsa,ing
creatures IL dead world 81 Ice.
on kpril y isN Dr Cook hegan the
long return march. with fair weather.
good ice and the inspiration 81 the npme
run long distances we're ~ firsi quickly
WIN good deaf Of anxiety Cook
watched the daily reduction % the food
supply. II TOW beonnie evident that the
crurlni stage OF the campaign was 70 o.
transferred from the taking of he pole
10 a nnnI battle Tot life against FAINT .
and frosL Early IN July farther south
ward progress became impossible and IN
quest of food he crossed the Firth Of
Devon into Jones sounA- On Feb. y. 1879
the start eas made for Annootok. With
newly prepared equipment the Green
and shores were reached on April 10.
Here Or. Cook was greeted by Harry
whitney and anxious Eskimo friends. To
facilitate an early return he moved SOUTH
ward 20 the Danish settlement and reach
cd upernayik on May "A. 1909. The Dan.
Ish ship Hans Eeede took him from
| upernsvik TO Denmark