The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-04
DOCTOR COOK IN
HIS OWN DEFENSE
(From Saturday Advertiser)

To house well filed with fashion
able audience of Honolulans,l DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, one of the two claimants
for the honor of discovering the North
Pole, last night gave his famous lee
ture in the Opera House. Rather than
"'the discovery of the North Pole, "
his address was upon his life anu ad.
ventures within the arctic, but mono the
less interesting, even Fascinating.
His arrival at the pole and his al
legged five hundred mile dash to it over
the circumpolar sea he dismissed in n
very few words. The greater part of
his narrative was given to a descrip-
ton of his travels from his main base
to the edge of the Great Barrier and
his return to it and subsequent suffer.
ings. Rear Admiral R. C. Peary, his
rival, occupied considerable portion
of his address, and in terms little COM
plimentary.
From the northernmost Eskimo viii
lage of Annoatok he gave his course to
the Great Barrier, in detail. The sew
eral hundred miles to Bradley Land,
which he discovered but did not ex-
plore he also gave largely in detail but
contented himself with but short ref
erence to the ensuing march of three
/ hundred miles, mainly contenting him
self with the condition of his own
party, then reduced to two Eslimos,
himself, and twentyseven dogs, the lat
ter decreasing steadily, until upon the
return to land again, but ten were left.
owe were continually travelling
south to go north" he said. 'The
needle of the compass had now turned
and was pointing to the magnetic
pole. This was his only reference to
the scientific observations.
At no part in his lecture did he re-
view even in terms understandable to
the laymen the magnetic data or ordI-
nary observations which were the prin-
/ cipal proof of his discovery, apparent.
ly considering them of little interest
to his layman audience. In referring
to his arrival at the North Pole, the
embodiment of all modern mystery and
endeavOr, he said:
"The sun was low on the horizon and
it was often impossible to obtain ac-
curate observations. But as we pro
ceeded we arrived at u new and in
fallible method of observation. BY the
length of our shadows we were finally
able to determine our position. There
was no pole to hang our hats upon or
tie flag to-just great ocean COW
cred with a moving sheet of ice and
snow. There we came to place where
at midday, at midnight and at every
hour Of the day, our shadows were ex.
actly the same length. There was the
axis Of the earth and there we raised
/ the Stars and Stripes"
BY far the finest part of the explor
or's address was the narrative Of his
return journey and his coming upon
land to the westward Of his last food
depot His life on the iee.bound polar
sea aud finally on the bleak shores
when they returned again 20 land was
realistic and Of supreme interest. OF
this part Of his journey the steri0ptieon
views be showed were much the best
llis arrival thirty miles 10 westward
OF his food station, separated from il
BY open aud, 10 them, impossible water
his l5Omile detour and his final arrival
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made Interesting recital
ia remarks about Frafy we're well
calculated 10 express his hatv " tho
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