Show S I S I 4 J S 'S 4 S 1 4 V V R COOK DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE THOROUGH PREPARATION J HE MADE FOR HIS HIS V EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE POtE- jj iP t j- j r j jf fl f t 1 45 V jt 8 r i i S t i S 1 J I I iid iMa r r jd t I rl to t Ir f i V I a. a i J k t. t f b r i v S f rt t I I o t 1 L B 1 t m t if 1 P. P t l' l J if 1 iS lif l l I- I tc f r t f l 1 11 1 I i I. I T l ft f. f H 1 j f I o t i t I li f 1 t t Ati J t. t r f f 17 L V d i it t. t t r t o HJ fI Y T I n. n t I rl i t J 1 tt w i A t. u- u t 1 r 1 l. l 11 1 r n 1 f t. t d t J iI I I t F c 11 r Z It Jv rr t i. i J tt-f tt h f 1 1 r w. w J 1 l 2 E d a Jr HO OY NC aN iv COd ic Cs Y r new J RJ hrIe D c- c d r c V f I t id d in the Arctic Ice i V I V Party at Once Began BegaT to Collect Food and Clothes I i t In Third Instalment of His Story The Conquest od of v- v the Pole t Dis Discoverer Describes Winter Qua Qua- i V t V ers in the V Far V North V c r BARREN R ROCK CK WERE VERE FORTIFIED i AGAINST THE FROST AND BITING BLASTS V I 1 p- p S V I Col 1009 by the New York V Herald Company Compan 5 7 nc In In Canada In Jn accordance with the tho Copyright C Act ct V tf- tf Copyrighted I in n Mexico un under er tb th laws Jaws Inot of ot the the of Mexico c V All I Rights Reserved V V VV V V V V VV r S l SYNOPSIS Or OF CI CHAPTERS PRINTED t i t t t t. t the he fir first instalment t of hi thrilling story dory The Conquest of the tr Pole Pol-e. 4 r printed ted in Ill the HERALD of Wednesday September r 15 Dr Frederick Frederic A. A 1 V coo told nf f th the start art from Gloucester on the the- Bradley of the tOV voyage J to ro the the- olar teas and aud of oj the overhauling en cn roi route rOld of 01 iho lio equipment lent needed for tho 4 da dOlT daal h to ell the pole pote 4 J In r In a graphic ner matl-ner the tM discoverer tt Tote a story of life Ufe fA that t t 4 never has lIc n Iz excelled for foi human buman interest H He told toU of the thc home life the J t tragedy v and comedy that Oat mingle in ii ih H the dr dreary a of the thc in t 4 the Arctic and of the childlike eagerness of the tAe natives to Co trade their valuable J fir find nd ivories ivorie for the simplest f things inga of civilisation t 4 4 TAo Tho yacht her owner Mr John JoAn R. R Ba Bradley t the explorer and ad h M his fJ party t f iw r pictured in n fh their preliminary work for forthe the final fina dash T S Finally after aller describing the tM various aMoU various places place vi visited it'd in Gre Greenland rland in r starch gerch J of guides gudes an and i information f n as CLI to conditions further north Dr Df Dc Cook Cools of of the trip across In Inglefield field Gulf Gull p past it Capo Cape Auckland and aM on en toward Ca Capo e Robertson Her the discoverer 1 closed clod th fird part of narrative with Etah V and t th tM last bat Jd pots points of call caU looming in g jn the te icy distance V J In n the ae tJ second instalment Dr Cook 4 described ed the toJ au to tt toV V Etah Eta and giX t t V th n Oft to on-to to tho place of plenty which h he lic selected d a 09 the tle base bale for lor t J i. i dash to the pole olt t 44 S- S e e- e 4 4 4 o. o V T Third Thc ird Instalment InstalmentS V S A V V THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE I t t By Dr Fr Frederick A. A COOK V tr it f j pV iJ V O Copyright 1909 by the Now Yo Herald Com Company pan V VV V i t in Canada 11 in accordance with Copyright Act Copyright in Mexico lc co un under coder er tho la laws lai i o ot the Republic o of Mexico V V t V All Rights Bights Reserved V 5 With a hasty farewell to Mr Bradley and the officers and en en- w 1 co coara ra ed with a cheer from all on board vre e cleft left the motherly yacht tor v our ur new home an and mi mission sion The yacht stood off to avoid oid 1 drifting i and await the return of the motor boat V When we were set ashore we sat down and watched with saddened sad e eyes es the departure of our friends and the severing se the of bond which had held us io to O the known world of life and happiness l The e T village village-of of is placed placed placed placed-in in a small just inside 0 of C Cape Ce pe Inglefield cha changes changes year to year ac according o o. o cording to the known luck of he be the e ambition of men to obtain new bearskin trousers v V i 1 Scattered red about it were twelve twel sealskin tents which served as summer shelter for number of vigorous families In mother other V the sea were sev seven n stone igloos Upon these the work of reconstruction tion for winter shelter had already begun In Inthe the im immediate e vicinity there was some turf and moss but ev everywhere else within a few hundred of fee of the sea the land rose abruptly in steep slopes es of barren rock To the W westward across oss Smith Sound in blue haze were seen seen Cape Cape Sabine Bache Peninsula aud of the lan lang laud beyond which we web b hoped ped to cross in our prospective c venture j. j V T The e construction of a winter house and workshop called for immediate im ha mediate attention after the wind subsided Men women wom and chil dr dien n offered strong hands bands gather th stones strewn n along the shore V When a suitable building plot had hud been peen prepared the welding weldin S r a structure was a very simple process process All our things had b been bOen c cp p placed In tn sealed tins and in substantial boxes bores of of about two c cubic bi feet feet each This had bad been done done t to forestall possible con contingencies contin tin of shipwreck for lor in tb the Arctic crushed a-crushed vessel essel is always a possibility V V When Then the cargo is packed in this manner manD l' l tile the V things can be beV V 9 Juicily iO tossed BCd on deck ad transported to floating ic ice or laud land Later it is possible with ith packing boxes of or uniform m size as b building material t to erect efficient shelter wherein th calamities of f Arctic ArcU c disaster con can b be avoided V V V J I V V 1 V r 4 i. i s 5 1 k 0 05 5 gi V c V 44 5 I V is 4 5 5 j 4 V S at n V V V VJ 3 4 5 V L LV V c I k j Jfe fell M v 1 I IV L o 1 i 11 f I ro 1 1 t I V 5 5 I V V S V II I I HAT HA HAKS S E GE OO i DR COOK r TO Q j QI r I. I r J I This This' precaution n n t mishap mis hap bai ap now served a v very cry ry purpose a space thirteen by bI sixteen feet the cases were qui quickly quick ky y piled in in The w were re held together b. b by strips of wood or the joints sealed scaled with pastes pasted P l with the addition of o n r few w long bug boards V V A. A rc really Uy good roof root was made by using th the covers of the boxes as DS shingles A blanket of turf over this confined the heat bent and permitted at tho the same time the healthful cir circulation t lation of air ar We slept under our own own roof at nt the end of th first day and our new house bad had the very great advantage n of containing contain contain- iu lug ing within its Us walls nil all our possessions within easy reach each at nt all times A As J th the tM winter with th Us Its stormy f feio ferocity lC Hr tj iJ l r l a's as it was n necessary to out flit and anti andl l VU up supplies V from frolD great depths depth's li of of snow V drift Meat and nud blubber vt-re vt r slowed stowed in in large quantities about the V 9 V V camp But our bur expedition was wn's in n need o Of SkiLls an and furs CUrs Furthermore as men meu engager for the northern venture would be In away tr the during during the spring months the best hunting hunt bunt ing ius season eason of the year it was was V to make provision for or house needs later There was therefore much work before beCore us tot for we had not only to prepare our equipment equip ment but to provide for the thc families of the workers V In the polar olar cycle of ot the seasons there I turc arc ro conditions which It apply to I circumstances mid fwd mo As the I tort word s seasons is is V ordinarily understood j i there Ibero are l but two n a wint winter whiter r season and nod anda a a. a sun summer ner season a yI m- m winter vinter season of or nine aine months and nod V a summer summer of oC three months V H But t for Cor more convenient division islon of I the yearly carly periods ds it is best to retain the i usual cycle of four seasons Eskimos ESkimo call the winter win er which I ich also means 1 year and anel the summer Days are sleeps ps The m months nrc moons and nud I Ith Ithe th the tho perio periods s are named in accord with the movements mo of various cle creatures of I tho chase clase In early September at L D the V I sun Iun dips dill considerably under under the the northern S V I 4 V V c f. f V V t I V E cJ V 7 J d b. COy Jq ur N. N r pr AL ct o. c-o. 4 LJ er V Laid Out Route Rute to the the North While Natives t S Scoured Region for Game Gan I V V I I How the Eskimos in Their Frail Kayaks Follow u 1 I the Huge uge Denizens of pf the Arctic Deep DeepS w I V S with Their S Harpoons ns 0 V I horizon There Ther Is no At sunset and Dl it nt lt sunrise c storm clou clouds s hi hide bide e the bursts bur tJ of color which are arc the glory dory of if twili twilight ht and the electric rr afterglow terlow is geni gen gen- i orally lost in the dull un gray ray which bespeaks be h. hr speaks th tho torment of the storms of the seWn setting sun I ri fh boom of the com Ins winter ni ht now nou thickens The splendor of the sum suni- i liner I mer doy oy bins hns gone tone A day dray of six months I and antl a J. J night ni of six mouthy months is often oCten ascribed as ns cribe to the polar regions as a n whole but this this is s only true of a n very crr small ISmail area about th tb Ibo pole As ts we ve come south the sun slips sills under tho horizon for Cor an ever Increasing sins part of or each twenty four hours Preceding and anti following th the nl night ht as ns we come from rom tho pole there is ig period a of day and night which lengthens with the descent of latitude V VIt It is ihil period perlo which enable us tn to retain the names of the usual seasons seasons- summer for the double tbt days fall faU for the thC period of the setting sun This f season reason begins when the sun first dips i. i i- i r T r thir thrice thrice ice at midnight for a n few moments I Ib The Arctic Thc These There moments increase rapidly yet one hardly appreciates that the sun Is departing de do- parting partin until day nod and night are of ot equal length lenth for COI the ho h night remains light though not cheerful ul Then the day rapidly shortens short ens and dark darks darkens s and the sun sinks siuk until at last there is but a n mere glimmer of the glory of day limited to the long night and spring sprIg applies to the days dars of the rising bun Eun sun a period corresponding to ta the autumn days of the Getting sun JAt J i At t the midnight sun can is fir first t seen over os-cr the sea horizon ou April 23 It Jt dips In the I sea aoa a. a on on August 19 10 It thus encircles en in- 0 circles tho the horizon horion l giving summer and S continuous day a r for or US days It sets acts at midda midday on October 24 4 and is absent a a. a period of oC prolonged night corresponding to the tho da day and rises on February r. r 20 Then follow the eye opening days of or spring In the fall fail when tho harmonizing harmo harmo- influence of the sun is withdrawn there begins a b battle of oC the elements clements which continues Its ita smoky agitation until un I til stilled by uy the hopeless frost Crost of or early night V At this At-this this time though field work worl was painful I. I the needs of our venture forced us to o persistent action In the chase of walrus seal narwhal and nud white whale We Ve harvested food o d and fuel Cuel V f Before DeCore winter ice spread J over the tho bunting hunting hunting hunt bunt ing grounds roun s pt ptarmigan hare and reindeer were sought to supply the table durin during the the long night with while bear I and andl fox pleased the p palates lates of ot the Eskimos Eski mos and l clothed all I Many long journeys were made rondo to I se secure cure an nn important supply or to pad boots and antI mittens and also Riso to lo secure lecure mO moss 8 which serves atres as ns wick for the Eskimo lamp The mouths months of September Septem Septem- ber bernad and October were indeed Import Important nt periods of anxious seeking fo for reserve supplies I I i Aid from tho f There I was as a a complex activity suddenly stimulated along the Greenland co coast t which did J not Dot require r general supervision The Eskimos knew what was u required I wit without bout a n word from es co and nod o barter u r rf than we C did where to find the things worth I f while Au u outline of 01 tt the tec V I 1 campaign was was sent seat f from m village to village with a afew few fe general instructions Each Ench local group of natives was to fill nn an oln- oln important duty and brio bring together the tremendous of material required Hor Cor our bouso bousu and I sled d equipment Each j i E Eskimo village Tillage has as ns a n rule nile certain game Clime V advantages J f r In la wine some places foxes and bares were I abundant Their skins were In Itu In great demand de do- doV mand for coSts coits and stockings stocking and Eskimos V must not Dot only the number greatest umber possible but must prepare the skin and kad Dd make them Into Int properly fitting garments garment In other places reindeer cr ore re abundant I This skin sib was us very much moch In demand for tor bugs bogs while the In sinew w wa was re required re for In still place oJ seal nl wa wai J i tile tOt luck of oC the chase and ft iti skin wa wn on one of our bur our n most ost important weds Of jt it h tx lx ts Is were ordered d and an nm amount oC or line anti and lashings lashins w was fAI pr pre pared parel Thus I la to a one way nr or another every IDA mis II woman and most t of oC the children of this tribe of 20 people were K kept lt 1 f in inthe the service of the expedition The o n-o was well veli done an and with much beH better kno knowledge of the fitness of things could cout be found in any lU possible of white men i t iU V U IThe e of fh flue flip i The quest of the walrus and the narwhal nar nar V whal came caine in 11 our own Immediate plan of ff adv The unicorn or Ou- rJ does not often come under tinder the eye o VO the white man thou though h one one of the first first animals to le leave ve our shores j It Itan gave an C for Cor r a brief spell good i hf sport port and useful material Th The bl blubber b bIS' bIS rs IS' the of V very every Jon for ort or it t gives ives a lon long lone bot not r. r fo to the bm lamp with no smoke to spot IbE the igloo finey The skin is regarded as quite a delicacy Cut into squares it and tastes Jik like liko l scallops with only onry a sight aroma of ot tr train hi hiL hiI oil L I The ThO meat dries easily uil and and- andIs Is thus prized a ni ns an appetizer r o or ns as a 1 lunch to tot lol lolI I t en eaten ten en route routt In 10 sled or kayak kayal 1 In Is II this shape it tt w was s an In extremely useful thin thing for r us us U.s. for It took too the place of pemmican for or our less It urgent ot journeys V 1 f The narwhal V which apart from I Iti usefulness Is most Interesting lin to denizens of the Arctic deep played In schools f farj rJ shore offshore usually along the tho edge Je of or tarse lare ice Its lon long Jong Ivory orr tusks rose of breath and spray V 1 j When Shen this glad sight was noted cr et rif ti kayak about camp was manned And tbt th flitter of skin canoes went fent like bird bJ over overl tb the lie water Some tf of the Eskimos rose rose- roseto to the ice tt fields and delivered Jut Jut- b harpoons from Crom a n secure secure CootiE footing Others bi bM V behind floating Cra fragments ut of and made a n. sudden ru rush h as ns the n l i passed Still others came up In tho the rear V foth to fo for th tho tM narwhal cannot easily sec ace and docs does not Dot often turn to watch lt lii |