Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-24
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other way. For our simple needs Mr..
Bradley furnished sufficient funds. We
We're not overburdened with the usual
aids to pleasure and comfort, but l did
not start for that purpose.
Now as to the excitement of the
press 10 force things of their own pick
ing from important records into print.
In reply to this 1 have taken the stand
count of our journey. 1t is as complete
as the preliminary reports of any pre-
vious explorer. The data. the observa-
tions, the record, are of exactly the
same character. Heretofore such evil
dence has been taken with faith and the
pear for years, whereas we agree to de-
liver all within few months.
Cook Describes the Pole.
Now, gentlemen, about the pole. We
arrived April 81, 1908. We discovered
new land along the one hundred and sec
ond meridian between the eighty-fourth
and the eighty-fifth parallels. Beyond
this there was absolutely no life and no
land. The ice was in large heavy fields
with few pressure lines. The drift was
south of east, the wind was south of
west. Clear weather gave good regular
observations nearly every day.
These observations, combined with
those at the pole on the 21st and 22d of
claim. When taken in connection with
the general record you do not require
this. l can see that. but this and all the
other records will come to you in the due
course of events.
Il cannot sit down without acknoWl-
edging to you, and to the living arctic
explorers, my debt of gratitude for their
valuable assistance. The report Of this
polar success has come with sudden
force but in the present enthusiasm we
~ for he 70 fhnr Nf f1o 80
polar travel. There is glory enough Tor
all. There is enough to go to the graves
of the dead and to the heads of the liv-
ing.
MANY are here tonight. The names are
too numerous to mention. Special mention
for honors must be made to Greedy,
Schley, Melville, Peary. F'iaa, Nansen
Abruzzi,. Cagni, Sverdrup. Amundsen
Nordenskjold and number of English
and other explorers
Before the dinner started, the guests
assembled in an anterOom, where a plas-
ter bust of Cook in arctic costume was
on view. 1t was expected that he would
appear and mingle with the diners. but
he was busy upstairs with tailor who
was putting the finishing touches on a
new dress suit, and when he appeared it
was only to march straight through the
dining room to his seat on the dais at
the right hand of Admiral Schley.
Those at Guest Table.
The others on the dais included:
DIR. r. o. Stebbins. J. Clan, consul gen.
eral of Denmark; A. E. Johnson, Magnus
Clarholm, c. W. Miller, Job e. Hedges,
Representative w. S. Bennett, Prof VIII
liam H. Brewer, Caral Moltke, the Dan
ish minister: DR.. Frederick A. Cook. Ad-
miral Winfield Scott Schley, Acting Mayor
Patrick F. MCGOWAN. Collector William
Loeb. jr., Borough President of Brook
Iyn Bird S. Coler. Explorer Charles Wake,
John r. Bradley, Capt. c. NJ. Cold, Capt.
" I.assen Christian Rain, Capt Hempel,
Robert Barry.
with women in evening gowns, and be-
fore the dinner was well under way there
was not a spare seat to be seen in the
galleries.
Mrs. Cook, dressed in cream liberty satin