The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-21
i would try. ! told myself; ! be-
l,eyed / should succeed.


ley DR.. Cook says he began 70 brood
upon the task which be says he Set
himself, SAYING: My life from this
time onward was a curious combina-
ton OF outward impressions and in
Prospective experiences ] want you
20 understand this thing was no cas-
ai with rae. All ny life
hinged about i. my hopes We're bent
upon it: the doing OF /: vas part OF
me. and instead OF mere physical
journey It became q psychic expert
enee. nightmare. Ny plans OF &C
ton. rant to emphasize. we're not
haphazard and hairbraiaed. Losi-
#eally and clearly now mapped out
campaign. It was based upoa
experience IN known conditions. eN-
periecce gathered after years es dis
ceuragement and failure.
..f aimed to reach the top OF the
globe In the angle between Alaska
land Greenland. which had not been
tried. With Anaoa;ok IS base OF
operations. planned to carry SUI
acient supplies over Schley Land and
along the west coast OF the game
lands. trusting that the game along
this region would furnish sufficient
supplies en- route to the shosos OF
the Polar sea. With men and toss
living on fresh meat, ! figured tnal
they would be IN the best condition
| for a dash over the circumpolar ice
This journey Co lands end would
also aTord test OF every article OF
Eecaspment needed in the field WORK
land wos!6 enable me also TO choose
from sn entire tribe OF Eskimos
those most able to endure the r!so.s
which lay before US"
After telling OF his start from An,
noasok IN Feorrary. 1905. with 3
party Of ten Esstmos, 1o3 dogs. and
! his entering Bay Ford. where he
Isncounterea SIS degrees below zero
F. H., Dr.. Cook takes the occasion OF
answering many widely quoted state
lmeats. as follows:
"r hare been held responsible and
lwideIy criticised for citing tenn
sperature OF minus SO degrees cent?
tgrade. which was the misouotafion
OF 3 reporter who met me on the
iHans Egede OF tie Shaw. the north
| errmost point Of Denmark. before
my arrival at Copenhagen. / have
!; been quoted. by the same reporter
as declaring that lad discovered
land s-avessed 10000 square miles
Iof new land. What did report. and
lbeiseYe, was sha. IN my journey had
lpassea through an area wherein u
sSas possible TO declare 10000 saua-e
Ins,es-a teSrestial nnkpown Of waite;
lind sce-cleared from the bEsDE>o;
5orr charts I did discover what
believed to be land, OF the 80 o.
Esarch. 7soS. This was a. i-reguia;
Smoantairous line along the horizon
Ito the westward, extending for aboa1
t5o miles between the Ssth and SSH
spara,ieis close to the 1920 merid.
fan,
AFTER detailing the supplies taken
ION his trip. Dr.. Cook says: Were
Hour supplies sufficient TO take us &c
.ssae polee Much criticism has beer
depressed concerning the measreness
sSsos food. can only say that in the
final analysis. this supply barely al
I,oSed us 70 keep alive. doubt /:
iany men ever suffered from hunge,
ESQ intensely as We did and lived
sDeafh was. on our journey north.
Eward and southwsrd. q grim. per
Issstens companion. and only the love
sof life. most deep-seated OF human
instincts. kept us from succumbine
/ 60 utter despair. Yet this privatior
land despair had its mental reaction
reaction which was fortunate
SSsor It was The belief In nay achieve.
ment.that kept Rs alive IN hours Of
ia;rest physical trial"
Dr., Cook says that bis proposed
/ journey was not one os scientific con.
iezest, but one fo- which he eSpscted
oaIy the return due a pathfinder. II
this part os his story occuSs this re.
lmarkable statement:
'.Asy conviction that reached the
pole never: was based solely upon OBJ
tse-yations, figures Or mathematical
calculations. did take these. o.
scou>se. Sometimes ] took them has
tttls. again working them out with
tmcst painstaking accuracy. SSome-
times my mind was c!ea- as crystal.
fsgain ] wss dazed with hunger,
tsh;rst, and cold. These figures did
mot serve to convince ne Of my
fachievenent- They only corrob-
Grated my inner co1-!ct:oa o: pro-
;gress. They were important IN work
| Ing plan otactioa over a tracS!ess
waste: but az q proof OF the con-
quest they must always be insut-
fcfeat.
WAS my inner conviction that
attained the pole insane? This has
Been asked. and suggested Perhaps.
Which raises the whole problem OF
I.ae gorder lines Of sanity. I was.
feel no more insane tha1 any man
who trantscai,y pursues an ideal-an
IDEAL which may seem hair-braineo
70 the practical-sad who finally 20
himself. if to no other. is satisfied
that he has accomplished lis desire.
My conviction may be beyond the
bounds Of reason. Sometimes cow
Zee. shat It Is. Again 60 not do
not know"
That his miad may re been at-
tectec by hardshsps an that, IN a
state OF bodily fatigue aac mental be-
wnde-.neEe he convinced h!msel.
that he reached the pole. DR.. CooR
admits That I did travel upward
u $500 miles. IN so4e direction.
aye, r,T onc,,Soe c-a2f> cora h,ro