Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-23
COOK CHEERFUL
UNDER GR|LL|N(
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Ing north this summer for whitney
why did you not wait for that shi6
and come direct to New York instead
Of going TO South Greenland and sail.
ing from there to Copenhagen?
Al knew that tho Danish govern.
n,ent ship would get me homo before
Whitney's chip.
Q--what instruments did you have
with you from Cape Thomas Hubbard
and back?
A-Sextant, artificial horizon. thro<
compasses. three chronometer watchea
thermometers, barometcrs end a ped.
ometer.
o-what kind Of sex,an. ala 20.
have and how many?
A--One scxtant. French appa.
ratus.
Q-whnt kind Of artificial did yo>
| have?
A--Class.
Q-What kind Of transit or theodo.
lite did you have and how many?
| Ave didn't use any.
Q-What kind Of compass did yov
have?
Ave had one liquid compass, one
surveying compass.
| Q--What kind OF compass did YOU
use 70 determine your compass varia.
ton?
azirnuth attachment
Q-What compass coursc did YOU
take from Cape Thomas Hubbard
north,
A--well that changes every day
n YOU follow the course cr: a map yot
have got the compass course.
HANDED A WISE QUESTION
| Q--Was your determination Of the
| Pole solely by al observation OF the
suns altitude. or did you take obser-
| vations Of the Pole star twelve hours
apart and by the determination OF
the celestial polo midway between tho
two positions prove the accuracy OF
your position on the terrestrial Pole!
| Allow are you going 10 take an
observation by tho polar star when
you have . continuous sun? There Is
no night; you cannot have any stars:
there Is no darkness.
Q-what other kind Of observations did
you make ut the Pole, and how many?
And what was the altitude OF the sun
| Ave have told that the altitude Of
the sun gave us our positions tia. Is
| all there IL to say about that. We made
regular astronomical observations. such
as would be made by .he compass ana
other instruments. We merely made tha
nautical observations that captain
would have made aboard a ship.
| OWN YOU describe in detail any
single observation taken by you AZ tho
North Pole with the exact figures Of
the results and the corrections appii.
ed?
A-Not at this presen. moment We
will describe every one OF them IN de-
tail when they go TO the University
Of Copenhagen. They will 20 there w.th-
In two months. The entire records viii
be delivered 10 the university. and afs
ter that they will 60 10 everybody thai
wants 20 examine them.
CLEARS UP ABOUT THE Sun
Q.--In your original narrative as pub
lished IN the New York Herald YOU SAID
The night Of Apri. was made notabh
by the swinging o. .he sun at midniglE
over tire northern ice our observation
on April placed the camp IN latitude
1896. longitude a42" The astronomer
say that IN the latitude YOU mention th<
midnight sun would have been visible on
April and that IL YOU really II fof
the first time on April YOU must have
been ESQ miles from the Pole instead Of
234 as yon supposed. Therefore 10 hava
reached the Pole on April 21 you would
have had 10 travel 20 miles daily. What
Is your explanation OF the apparent dis
crepancy?
Ain the first place that indicates the
point have taken that nobody can pro-
nounce Judgment on a matter OF this
kind until they get the complete record.
TIE northern horizon al midnight had been
30 obscure that We could rot tell
whether the sun was below the hortzos
or aboye II. We were no: making oh
servations at midnight Therefore thif
statement IL based on the fact that VI
have said that II was possible to see th'
sun on midnight Of that day. have not
looked through the Herald's story as 4
has been written out IN full. NV impress
sion Ia that We were absolutely unable
to see the sun the midnight before that
The horizon was obscured
II vas announced tonight that Thurs
day. September 81. has been selected as tn
date Of the banquet OF tho Danisl
societies Of greater New York in DR.
Cooks honor, The banquet Of the Arcti
club Of America will be held At tn
Waldorf Tomorrow night