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REPORT OF THE DISCOVERY OF
THE NORTH POLE by Robert (.
Peary, Commander U. S. NJ, Copy
right, 1909, by the New York Times
Company.
DENIES COOK REACHED POLE.
Battle He-bor. Labrador (via Maroon
wireless, Cape Ray, N. F), Sept. W-Do
not trouble about Cooks story, or at
tempt to explain any discrepancies in his
statements. The affair will settle itself.
He has not been at the pole on April
81, 1908, or at any other time. lie mas
simply handed the public a gold brick.
These statements are made advisediy
and 1 have proof of them. When he
coll ofa nf tourney
over his signature to some geographical
society, or other reputable body, If that
statement contains the claim that ne mas
reached the pole, 1 shall be in posi-
ton to furnish material that may prove
distinctly interesting reading for the pub
lie. ROBERT e. PEAR1'
Battle Harbor, Labrador (via Marco
nj wireless, Cape Ray, N. F), Sept. -
The steamer Roosevelt, bearing the
north polar expedition of the Peary
Arctic club. parted company with the
Erik and steamed out of Etah ford late
in the afternoon of August is, 1908,
setting the usual course for Cape Sa-
bine. The weather was dirty, with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board % Eskimo men, IT women, and
10 children, 226 dogs, and some forty
odd walrus.
We encountered the ice a short dis
tance from the mouth of the harbor,
but it was not closely packed and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difficulty.
FIND MUCH WATER.
AS we neared Cape Sabine the wealth
er cleared somewhat and we passed by
Three WORT island and Cape Sabine.
easily making out with the naked eye
the house at Hayes harbor occupied by
me in the winter of 1901-02.
From Cape Sabine north there was
so much water that we thought of set
ting the lug sail before the southerly
wind. but a little later appearance or
ice to the northward stopped this.
There was clean open water to Cape
Albert, and from there scattered ice
to a point about abreast of Victoria
Head thick weather and dense Ice
bringing us some ten or fifteen miles
= away.
From here we drifted south somewhat
and then got aslant to the northward
out of the current. We worked little
further north and stopped again for
some hours. Then we again worked
westward and northward till we
reached a series of lakes. coming to a
stop a few miles south of the Wind
wards winter quarters at Cape Dur
vile.
From here, after some delay, we
slowly worked a way northeastward
through fog and broken ice of medium
thickness through one night and the
ing into open water and clear weather
STRIKE ICE AND FOG.
From this point we had a clear run
through the middle of Robson channel
uninterrupted by either ice or fog, to
Lady Franklin bay. Here we encoun-
tered both ice and fog, and while
ut, oIn in n n n n l.
cable opening were forced across to
the Greenland coast at Thank God
Harbor.
The fog lifted there and enabled us
to make out our whereabouts and we
steamed north through a series of leads
past Cape Lupton, and thence south
ward toward Cape Union. A few miles
off that cape we were stopped by i'm
practicable ice, and we drifted back
,south to Cape Union, where we stopped
again.
SHIP FORCED AGROUND.
We lay for some time in a lake OF
water, and then, to prevent being drift.
ed south again, took refuge under the
north shore of Lincoln bay, in nearly
the Identical place where we had oui
unpleasant experiences three years be.
fore. Here we remained for severea
days during period of constant ant
at times violent northeasterly winds
TWICE we WeTt lOrCtu dBFOuHu DJ
the heavy Ice; we had our port quar-
ter rail broken and hole stove ir tn,
buiwarks, and twice we pushed out II
an attempt to get north. but wer,
forced back each time to our precari
Sous shelter.
HEAVY RUNNING ICE.
FINALLY on September we squeeze,
around Cape Union and made fast In ,
shallow niche in the ice, but after som,
hours we made another short run I,
Black cape and hung on TO a grounded
bit of ice. At last. little after mid
night of September 8. we passed through
extremely heavy running ice into
stream of open water, rounded Cap
Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan
Within a quarter of an hour of tn,
same time we arrived three years befor,
seven a. m. September 5-we reached
the open water extending beyond Cap
Sheridan.
We steamed up to the end of 1t and /
appeared practicable at first to reacl
Porter bay. near Cape Joseph Henly
witch I had for my winter quarters, bu
kais. 10. Y