The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-02
NORTH POLE is NOW A PART
OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mrs. Cook Had to Sacrifice Her Home to Aid
Her f1usband---Dscovery the Direct Result
of Fishing Trip---Dr. Cook Will
Reach Copenhagen Saturday

days were spent in hunting and fish
ing.
While the time was being spent in
this way, Dr. Cook became fired with
the ambition TO reach the pole He
spoke TO Mr.. Bradley about it, and
the latter declared that If any such
trip were TO be made. he would not
Join It,
Dr.. Cook was insfstent, He wanted
the entire party TO 90 with MIN on the
expedition. AS Mr.. Bradley would not
be one of the party. Or. Cook organ
lied a force of Eskimos and. with
Rudolph FTancke, made preparations
for the expedition.
Mr.. Bradley left in August. 1907,
on his fishing schooner. 10 return 10
New York. leaving the determined
Brooklyn man and his party TO seek
the pole
DR.. Cook had an entirely different
Idea Of how the trip TO the pole ought
TO be attempted from that followed
by Peary and other explorers. He
calculated upon going through Nan
sen straits. and doing his travelling in
the winter months. His reasons for
choosing the period of extreme cold
was that the ice fields would be
smoother and that there would be
less danger OF encountering the jag
ged passages OF ice. through which
travel is difficult
When N1r Bradley returned TO New
York in October 1907. he told OF DR.
Cooks scheme and the preparations
for the trip
"Dr, Cook told me before he left
Gloucester that It would be a great
thing if we tried TO reach the pole
before we returned" said Mr.. Brad
ley. Il did not give him any encour-
agement then but thinking that he
might insist on making the attempt
when we reached the farthest north
on our trip. / ordered provisions put
aboard that would furnish an Arctic
expedition for three years.
When the vessel sailed. therefore.
We had everything necessary for a
polar expedition. On our trip. we
went as far north as Etah. Peary's
former winter quarters. Here he en-
joyed a fine Wow from the high hills
of Smith Sound There was no great
amount of ice In the sound. so Dr
Cook, the first mate and myself. took
i
Sound TO 70 degrees north latitude
There the furtheTmost settlements of
the Eskimos are and we spent several
davs among them. Dr. Cook knows
the Eskimo language and had no diff
! ficulty in conversinG with them He
had been up there on Peary's first eX-
! pediUion and some Of the Eskimos
remembered him.
when We returned TO Etah. we
brought the greater part of the Eski-
mo settlement back with us. Once
back at Etah. conditions looked so
favorable for a dash to the pole that
Dr. Cook could not resist the i'm
pulse We found We could get all the
dogs We wanted and all the natives
that DR.. Cook wished to have with
him. The natives had already cached
their winter supplies of food. helped
I them kin walrus. seals. white whales
and narwhals 10 augment the sup
plies.
The Eskimo women were kept
busy catching Arctic birds to make
their winter clothing.
| ''DT. Cook concluded to stay and
| make the dash for the pole as soon
as feasible after the long dark night
should begin 10 break. DR., Cook took
about fifty EskImos. men, women and
children. with him to place farther
north OF Etah and established winter
quarters With him. also. was Ru.
dolph Franckc, who was anxious TO
accompany Dr. Cook In his attempt"
William l. Cook. a brother Of the
explorer. states that Dr.. Cook will
now devote his energies TO discover
ing the South Pole.