The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
New York. Special" "Successful.
Well. Address Copenhagen.
erred"

Full of meaning, if successful
were Interpreted to indicate that he
had reached the North Pole, the fore
gong cable message, exasperating in
1ts brtefuesS. was received in New
York Wednesday from DR.. Frederick
A. Cook. the American explorer.
whom the latest cable advices credit
with having accomplished what no
man ever did. 1t was intended for
Mrs. Cook. who was not at home.
Wednesdays message from DR..
Cook to his wife was dated at Ler-
wick, Shetland islands, the first avail
able point of transit in the regular
steamship course between Greenland
ports and Copenhagen, whittier he is
bound. Because of its briefness the
assumption is that the message was
ient primarily to assure his wife of
his safety and not to apprise the
world of his discovery.
The following seems a second bit
OF information:
Brussels, Sept. 1.-The observatory
here received the following telegram
dated Lerwick. Shetland islands:
Reached North Pole April 81,
1908. Discovered land far north. Re
turn to Copenhagen by steamer Hans
Egede. (Signed)
FREDERICK COOK"
The American officials at the OBJ
servatory state the dispatch is surely
authentic and that the North Pole has
been reached for the first time by an
. American.
The Paris edition of The New York
Herald Thursday morning publishes
q signed statement from DIR. Fred
erick A. Cook. which is dated "Hans
Egede, Lerwick. Wednesday," on his
experiences in the Arctic regions.
After a prolonged fight with
famine and FROST" SAYS DR.. Cook,
"we have at last succc ded in reach
ing the North Pole. A Hew highway,
with all interesting strip of animated
nature. has been explored and big
game haunts located, which will de-
light sportsmen and extend the Eski-
mo horizon.
Gland has been discovered on
which rests the earth's northernmost
rocks. A triangle of 10000 square
miles has been cut out of the ter
restial unknown. The expedition
was the outcome of a summer cruise
in the Arctic seas on the schooner
Bradley. which arrived at the limits
of navigation in Smith sound late in
August, 1907. Here conditions were
found to launch venture to the pole.
j. R. Bradley literally supplied from
his vessel suitable provisions for To-
cal use. Ny own equipment for
emergencies served well for every
purpose in the Arctic.
On Feb. 10, 1908, the main expedi-
tion embarked on its voyage to the
pole. 1t consisted of IL men and 103
dogs drawing eleven heavily laden
sledges. The expedition left the
Greenland shore and pushed west
ward over the troubled ice of Smith
sound. The gloom of the long night
was relieved only by few hours of
daylight. The chill of The winter was
felt at its worst. AS we crossed the
heights of Ellesmere sound to the
Pacific slope the temperature sank to
minus 83 centigrade.
Several dogs were frozen and the
men suffered severely but we soon
found the game trails along which
the way was easy. We forced through
Nansen sound to Lands End. In this
march We secured 101 musk Qxen,
seven bears and 335 hares.
"We pushed out into Polar sea
from the southern point Of Herbert
Island on March 18. Six Eskimos
returnde from here. With four men
and 46 dogs moving supplies for 80
days, the crossing of the circum-
polar pack was begun. Three days
later two other Eskimos, forming the
last supporting party, returned and
the trials had now been reduced by
the survival of the fittest.
"There before us in an unknown
line of 460 miles lay our goal. The
first days provided long marches and
we made encouraging progress. A