The gold leaf., 1909-09-23
HENDERSON. N c.. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 90 1909
treacherous condition of the ice the

| CfeacnerOuS cOnQltiOn OF the Ice the
Eskimos could not venture out.
They returned to the Roosevelt
and reported. Captain Bartlett then
went back to the point they desig-
mated and recovered Professor Mar
wins spare boots, clothing and per-
sonal belongings which were still on
the ice where the Eskimos had left
them. The superstitions of their race
prevented the natives from bringing
i the dead mans effects with them.
Professor Marvin's records and OBJ
| servations were saved.
WANTED ALL THE HONOR HIM.
SELF.
From the same source ASSOCIATED
Press dispatches via wireless. dated
the 15th) this comes also:
Commander Peary answered num-
Der OF questions asked him by the
Associated Press correspondent.
"Was DR.. Cook at the pole?" was
the first question, to which the Com
mander replied:
"Cook was not at the pole on April
21, 1908, or at any other time. |
make this statement advisedly and
at the proper time will back it up
with proof"
"Were you surprised, Commander
Peary, on returning to Labrador, to
learn that DR.. Cook had reported
reaching the pole, or had anything
happened before your return to cause
you to anticipate this event?'' he was
next tasked.
81 heard in New Y York that DR.. Cook
was going to bring the pole back"
replied the commander.
Speaking about the unexplored
area in the polar regions, Cammand-
er Peary said that there were l, ,OOO,-
600 square miles of unknown terri
tory between the pole and Behring
straits previous to his expedition.
He had not yet figured on how much
that quantity had been reduced.
Asked with regard to the purple
snow fields at the pole, the hum
mocks and crevices approaching the
pole, Commander Peary said:
''That is IL range of information
that | do not care to impart now"
Speaking of the depth of water, he
said that he had run out 1,5OO
j fathOms of line without reaching
bottom within five miles of the pole
eve took soundings from Cape
| Columbia to the pole," he continued,
(which gives cross section of that
part Of the foes of the Arctic Ocean.
The soundings were from 10 to 20
/ miles apart"
what was the thickness of the ice
and the temperature of the atmos-
phere?" he was asked.
81 had no means Of measuring the
ice, which was heavy. do not care
to tell the temperature.
Bearing on the Cook controversy,
Commander Peary was asked:
care the Eskimos who were with
DR.. Cook in his dash to the pole on
your ship"
"No, but | talked with them"
'Have you heard that any Eski-
mos were ever at the pole before
yours?"
"No, never. No inducement that
could be offered them would tempt
them out on that sea OF ice until |
went there. They know by expert
ence the danger OF the ice breaking
up and carrying people away to
DEATH"
"Why did you not have a white
witness at the pole?"
Because after life time of effort,
| dearly wanted the honor for my
SELF"
Up to the present time his total
expenditures in the work, he said,
aggregated, roughly speaking, $500
600. The first and smaller portion
of this was his own and his wife's for
tunes, and the contributions of per-
sonal friends. The proceeds of his
lectures and books also went in, said
Commander Peary. Of the total out
lay about $35O,OOO had been sup
piled by members of the Peary Arctic
club and other connections.