Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-09-12 | Page 16 | The Obscuration of Cook

THE OBSCURATION OF COOK Dr Cook says he discovered the north pole April 21 1 1908 1808 He arrived at th the frontiers of civilization In August 1909 1108 Where was wu he be all that time Ue timeA A man with the north pole securely tucked under his arm should have been no longer getting back to t the world than he was in getting away from it it People have been bean hunting for the pole long lon enough to warrant a man In think thinking thinkIng thinking ing its discovery would be regarded as asgood asgood good news In centers of human life There are no summer resorts north of Spitzbergen Spitsbergen Nothing comprehensible to the mind of the temperate zone could have lt ve compensated the discoverer of the pole for a whole year in tarrying be beyond beyond beyond I yond the farthest limits of the wireless I not to speak sp ak of the borders of the open sea One of the things which the eminent I doctor will have to explain when he lie gets into town Own will vill be this What were ure you ou doing and where were you for the tha sev seventeen ev I enteen months after you say you ills dis discovered covered the pole I