Show MANY TRIED AND fAilED Dream of Finding North Pole Has for Many Centuries Lured Explorers Scientists and Daring Adventurers DR COOK SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL Copenhagen Dispatches Are Definite That the American Scientist Has Finally Ended the Quest of Centuries GOES BY A NEW ROUTE The dream of finding the North Pole has for centuries lured explorers scientists and daring adventurers Whether Whet ler this dream has now be become become become come a reality by the achievement of Dr Frederick A Cook of Brooklyn rests thus far upon the reports ca cabled cabled Cabled bled from Copenhagen apparently through an official source At the same time Dr Cook cables a n laconic message from Lerwick Shetland Islands saying Successful Well Address Copen Copenhagen Copenhagen hagen The hopes aroused are to some ex cx extent extent tent qualified by Dr Cooks message While he says he has been success successful successful successful ful there is no specific mention of having reached the pole On the other hand the Copenhagen dispatches are apparently definite that Dr Cook reached the pole Several days must elapse before any further details l are available Tha Th Dan Danish ish ih steamer Hans Hana E de has left Lerwick Shetland Islands bound for Copenhagen I where she is due next Saturday Some of tKo die most moat recant noteworthy attempts atte to peach the north pole Ii ai Be Below Je e elow low Wellman Falls Falts Fal Walter Wellman an American left the island of for the tile pole in a balloon Aug 15 Ii 1909 1 His HiB airship aJr be became became became came disabled after he had traveled thirty mile and nd he was waa forced to return In 1906 Commander Robert E K Peary IT L S N X reached rea b 97 Wi degrees 6 minutes equivalent to about 3 miles from the pole Peary Pary P ar is iB now in the polar regions on another expedition A relief rell ship was Lent cent cut Gut a month ago 80 to endeavor to pick I him up u He started start d from rom Sydney X N S 5 I July 17 I 1 1808 1508 On Sept 3 1905 Captain Ronald Eonald Amund Amundsen sen 5 n a Norwegian completed the first voyage through the northwest passage He HI left on the GJoa June 17 11 1903 and arrived at Herschel island land l in the theA Arctic A ocean in September of 1806 1 In 1904 1304 Baron Toll a Russian led a polar expedition expedition expedition tion party by way lay of Siberia but all 1 the perished Many Others In 1903 13 Ericksen a Dane got as for as u Saunders aunders islands where he be was waa rescued in ina Ina Ina a destitute condition In the same me year Anthony Fiala FlaiL a young Brooklyn ex cx explorers explorer sailed on the ship America and proceeded further north than the Duke of Abruzzi His party arty endured great hard hardships hardships hardships ships before bElore they were rescued res The Duke of Abruzzi made his expedition in 1900 In ITI 1895 Dr Nansen reached 86 96 8 degrees de reea 14 minutes on the vessel vea el Pram ham which left Strait Aug 4 1893 1883 Professor Pr fea or An Andree Andree Andree dree made his balloon trip in 1897 1997 He left lett Norway in his balloon the Eagle bound for the pole poe Since his hie de departure departure departure nothing authentic has been heard of him himIn himIn himIn In 1983 1883 Captain I expedition in inthe Inthe inthe the Jeannette was lost near Henrietta islands In 1882 the Greeley expedition reached 83 93 degrees 24 U minutes and in Sir John Franklin made his hili disastrous trous attempt to penetrate from Lancaster Sound to Behring Straits Thinks Chance Good GoodAt At a meeting of the tho Explorers club of New York in October 1987 D 1 a letter lett r from Dr Cook dated at Etah Etab Aug 26 gave this information I 1 find I have a good opportunity to try for the pole and therefore will stay star here for a year I hope to get set to the Explorers club in September UIS with the record of the pole I plan to cross and reach the polar sea aea by Nansen Strait About the same time Herbert L 1 Bridgman Bridgman Bridgman man of Brooklyn received this thi letter from fromI Cook similarly dated I have hit a new route rou te to the north pole and I will win I stay to try it By way of Buchanan bay ba baand and mereland and northward through h Nansen Straits over ov r the polar sea seems to me file to be a very good route There will be game to the end of the degree and here lete are natives and dogs for forthe forthe the task So here is for the pole Mr I Bradley will m tell yon yoi the rest |