The Washington times., 1909-09-01
Years in Arctic Regions Re-
warded by the Coveted
Prize.
A SURGEON
ON FORMER DASHES
Is a Resident of Brooklyn.
Triumph for American
Flag.
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new conditions and under a new plan
which he figured ont for himself, and
which proved 70 be successful
His plan was not to make the dash
roleward over the ice fields until +he
beginning OF summer, believing that he
should spend the winter recupcratins
for the trip and that if he waited until
the ice began to break up he could use
small boats for a portion Of the trip.
No Details Known
No details Of he discovery or the man
ner Of getting the news back TO the
world has yet been received in New
York. When the jeanne. the little
schooner that was sent cur as a Peary
relief ship. sailed from 81 Johns. New
~foundland. II was announced that the
vessel would stop AZ Esah on the coast
"a Greenland. ars TIRE belief was ex-
ssed that Dr. Ccck would be found
re. waiting for some ship TO pick
HIN Up and bring htn back 70 civniza-
ton. Before sailing, Captain Bartlett.
of the Jeanne. gave out this prophetic
statement
If DR.. Cook is found alive. he will
Rave an interesting story 70 tell He
went alone. unhsmpered b. any party.
and his trip was a novelty in Arctic ex-
plorations."
II It were the Jeanie that picked Dr..
Cook up. the the little vessel has
gotten into communication with some
other vessel from the frozen north,
Whleh has put into some European port
and sent back the news.
Dr.. Cook. the first living man ever to
reach the pole. II he has succeeded, was
born at C~allicoon Depot. Sullivan coun-
~. n. Y. on June 10. 1866. His father
was a physician. whose family name
had originally been Koch. Dr. Cook
was educated in Brooklyn, and took his
medical degree at the University OF New
York in 1890. He was married in Brook
Iyn. June 10. 1902, to Miss Mary Fden
Hunt.
He was the surgeon Of the Peary
Arctic expedition in 1912, and the
dreams he had there or one day discov-
ering the pole made or him a confirmed
pole hunter In 1879 he was the
surgeon Of the Belgium Arctic expedi-
ton. and for his work was decorated
with the Order of Leopold by the King
OF Belgium.
Led Expeditions.
In 1905 and 1906 he led expeditions
which sought to explore and climb
Mt. Mckinley, in the American north
west. He Is president OF the famous
Explorers Club OF New York. and a
fellow in the Royal Geographical So
ciety OF Belgium. and member in the
American. the National. and the Phila-
delphis Geographical Societies. besides
being a member OF the Kings County
Medical Society.
Among the books he has written may
be mentioned: Through the First Ant
arctic Night" together with extensive
contributions 10 magazines and tech
nical journals on polar expeditions, and
especially on Antarctic explorations.
One Of Intrepid.
d.. Cook was one OF the most intrepid
explorers that ever set out on the North
Pole quest.
NY husband never believed in scnsa-
tlonelism,' Mrs. Cook said Of him IN
sn interview, before she left the city
for the summer. land his feeling agaius;
Pesrv was pronounced. He thought
Peary a sensationalist. and they were
never friends. He saw Perry's work Ga
Greenland. and did not like the way DC
treated the natives.
when ne had a chance 10 come home
he refused to do so. instead OF return
ing with Peary. ne made up his minl
that ne would make a solitary effort q,
gain the pole. He walked three days to
get to a place from which he could
send a letter TO me-.
I'm the letter, which ne asked me 70
keep secret because he did not oelisva
IN s-ensationalism. ne told me hat he
would reach the North Pole or die il
the attempt.
He said that one man. with deter
mination. and the genuine love and re-
gard OF the natives, could do more than
whole expeditions.
THAT was the last heard Of him.
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