New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-28
COOK TELLS HIS STORY
FACES AUDIENCE or 5000
At CARNEGIE HALL.
StereoptieOn Lecture Adheres 10
Narratiue of Pole Discovery
CabLed from Denmark.


r.srsonttcon lecture on my Journey 20 the Aortn
Pole" his first serious statement by WORD OF NlOu,i
90 the American people since ne adVahceu l.IS
claim that he the FIRST man TO reach tns NOi
? Pole .,..o
His story as he chose 20 tell it, was suggestive
OF the cabIed reports OF his first public hearing IN
the Danish capital. The narrative Of me Ac'ue
dash for the pole he read from nahuscIlp', w.
Gov 1rord from a transcript OF the first published
narrative which WIS cabled from LerwicK' ne IA
.eriected a few comments and explanations ihto
the MESSAGES on the march mp 10 the place on the
volar sea north or Axel Heiberg Island, where the
last summarizing marty of two EsGuimaus turned
hack Beyond that point the only addition was
the statement that a second camp was maze on
April % at the pole. about mile further on 'hah
that on the previous day.
1b,. odbarenca 10 the story which has already
become a matter OF record was especially marked
because of the transition In the lecturers stSle'
During the earlier and later parts OF his address
he spoke readily and directly, almost coNoquialy'
with occasional reference to his notes In reaohs
he changed suddenly into highly charac'essiis
written style. conspicuous for Its abrupt use Oh
fguFatve or imaginative phrase and Tor the ire
uuent employment Of the passive verb "here On
active construction would be chosen In natural COP
Hersation or speech In leaving the strict adhef'
ence 10 his manuscript on reaching the point where
his party found itself adrift near Hinges Lana on
the return journey the transition in style was again
very marked and the explorer told OF MS ADVENT
,lres during the winter of suffering about Joness
SCARCITY OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The scarcity OF Illustrations OF the polar dash
also conspicuous. One photograph shown vas taken
looking toward the land which DR. Cook
thought he discovered the eghty-fifth parallel
Several more illustrated the building OF snow
houses and the handling OF sledges and dogs Ihere
was a picture of the snow camp al the pole on
April 2l the same picture which had already been
printed in a newspaper. and which showed plainly
that it had been extensively retouched." and there
was another picture OF the nag and the tent camp
OF April o. a mile further on
While the explorer telling OF the return Jour
ney single picture upon the screen, the photo
graph Of a dog sledge. with an Esquimau. Only
this and the picture of the snow camp showed the
stretch Of ice 10 the horizon.
The audience responded senstively 10 the three
succeeding phases the speakers recital His re-
cepton cordial in the extreme; the applause
lasted for two minutes o. more and ended in three
cheers. which were called for from the gallery and
were given with heartiness The earlier narrative
interrupted by occasional clapping. particu-
larry at references TO John r. Bradley and the
two Esquimaus who we're DR.. Cooks final COM
panions.
z When the lecturer turned TO read from his story
OF the polar dash such Interruptions ceased except
n when he announced for the first time that he had
r named his new land Bradley Land" and when he
zstold OF reaching the pole This last was an out
90 burst and as he gave the date. April 2 voice
i, from the gallery added, '.l9OS' For the he
speaking manner and telling Of his adventures
Il near his winter quarters in Jones's Sound
The vague hint of embarrassment wore away.
however IN the later part of the address and the
- applause when he closed not lacking in en-
thusiasm The evening not by any means a
rebuff for the explorer. Nothing decided for
or against him. The suggestion OF suspicion was
In the air and more nouceably so than on any oc-
eason since his landing in Brooklyn. 1t was a
sfeeling, however. which did not chill his hearers
= greatly check their enthusiasm for the latter
part Of his adventures" he calls his polar trip.
COOK TELLS HIS STORY.
DR.. Cook began his lecture in almost the exact
words with which he opened his first public address
In Copenhagen speaking Of his appreciation of the
welcome which had been accorded him. and then
paying his tribute 10 the earlier explorers. naming
those who are st living He also spoke of his
method the reversion 10 savage conditions OF life.
Il lived simply Adam, he said; 'only there
Eve at the pole 10 break the Arctic quiet"
The lights went out suddenly and a picture OF
the schooner John R. Bradley shown the
screen DR.. Cook explained that some Of the photo
graphs which he about 10 show takeI
BY Mr.. Bradley and some by the explorer himself
on an earlier trip, but that all the views OF this
Far North taken on the dash OF 1903.
Some OF the photographs Of the trip to Annotol
new, and his phrasng of what he decided u
DO at Etsh was a bit altered from his earlier state
ments. After telling OF the exceptionally Favorable
conditions found at Etah he said
AT this time first decided definitely TO make
AnnOtok9ur headquarters for a dash 20 the pole"
Describing the clothing worn the expedition
said that the coats of blue fox skin deer
skin. shirts of bird skin, trousers of bear skin
OF seal skin and stockings OF hare skim very
much those Of the Esquimaus made. Several
= 1pgs We're frozen in the intense cold which was
found I'm Ellesmere Land. The first view of fhc
4 sun at midnight April Z, which had been at
lacked by q critic being recorded several hundre,
miles too far north, he explained by saying that
several days previously he had the sun max
ing curious faces" through the mists. and that h'
sad meant that he had not previously seen the sun
a burst OF Inconsistencies came on we
neared the pole, he said, nterpolating this in tn,
narrative he was reading, land AhWeelah cried
and said 1t is web 10 die; beyond IL is impossible.
There is nothing there" he said, again breaking
d upon his reading 81 the printed narrative .'tha
you stamp down and say. This point is wha
The earth turns on The pole is mathematics
point, 10 be determined only by Astronomical
observation. by taking the suns altitude"
DR.. Cook told of his hunting the return journe.
and the difficulty Of obtaining food.
We spent one hundred nights or double nights al
Cape SpaFbO before the ice conditions were favor
able for our breaking camp and starting for aOme
intending 10 go north 10 Greenland. on February
1, 1903. loaded our half sled with all that We
sOuld put II, and. without dogs began ouI
Journey. JOness Sound we found smooth, and ex-