| Show The Th North Pole Up to Date By y t D B S 5 01 n Wednesday edno III Sept 1 I tIll the th world rl ro rt 1 newa which cam cle oaths an ris fl 11 It surprise lur r Pt tn en In this thin tiny day tl when wonderful pet Iel ar a are so o common n that th t It I II km difficult I n surprise th II tile world wold with lIlt Ith any anything anything thing Th TI north norh t II Dabs lc had own been tile din covered re That point about hf h nothing wit was known and anti h hul It ad been tw t n the goal Mol of ff ex cx explorer tot for centuries wo was W reached at lIt A last lam And nl fOt one In tItle thin country felt frit a 1 pardonable that thaI th 11 man lan to 10 ranch the end enil of at o the world In 11 a 1 northern direction hud l hn ben en Hn Rn Dr Pr Frederick reek A Cook 11 the th news still loots ass as 1 the that verv ver er little was a known kno 1 about Dr Cook Lok being In of the Ih pole 1 it I lie got goi ft r ready quietly I 1 IcU marled without making tiny any announcement I 11 I I I tip tilt to the land of the th he and Ald waited lot foi 01 hi chance And the Out word ord received direct In is II of ot the theman themen men man He lie lp cabled Well Ad At 1 II i Copenhagen When further details detail 1 lal rame caine still 11 inure morr mOr wore werl In store The he date dAI of tiC II tilot e cr tas an a April Pili tl Ii f 1918 1955 showing that th Ih Journey wa al made In II mid midwinter midwinter winter a 1 k season esol ason mot most tl un Ott Ut favorable and a 1 Um time when ahen other ex es explorers have l been o n In limit theli Five days day litter Inter another brie me mites lt WRe cone came front from frol the northland Stars and Stripes nailed to north nonh noh pole J Signed Peary rear Pear Another nother successful til explorer and merll When Alion Dr lr Cook heard har the tn it h said Th t Is Rood good od new hews tWI I 1 hurl hope reni did Ret get to the pole III II Ills and report on that thaI will wi mine Anti And then thel reine 1811 tIlt the un pleasantness lr 1111 word ward trait from fr m Labrador atory tr should not nt he be h betaken taken laken too to seriously The world worM Is la now no uniting for the two tar t explorers to lah this country the matter will bo be brought brull before It INI body bd hod of scientific men who are aro B qualIfied to pa pasa judgment The ce and Ind Ro detic dett run has Mi n A brief review of previous ex cx Is Interesting as le It gilT h an au opportunity for comi comparisons of or men mCI and methods und and nd of or failure Ims The h Mm first Ir 1 expeditions Into the arctic ote seas IH were a might be bo N by b who are lre as al plO plo pie plon n rt In 11 and amid discovery A Norwegian named Other OIlier sailed lP l to 10 th coMet t of HuHa and Ind made madea a report port of f his bin hIl voyage to Alfred and about the th beginning of ot the eleventh century the Icelander the tho ito took a 1 colony to tn tile the west went coast tl of at Greenland No 0 further vere wert ere for about live five IVI antI and a 1 half when hen Sir Hugh dIscovered the Islands of or Nova Q Zambia The first European explorer wintering In 11 the arctic regions a 1 Dutchman In d vho ti ho In discovered and Rear Hear 1506 Hor Horland Inland land anti and wintered winte on ni the east clI const coat of at Nova Noa 01 ZambIa Front From then up to the r n mt tints time arctic expeditions of have havo been frequent Among mong tIm tho later hater explorer er el ela may milay mi tx ha I mentioned Henry Gael Cad Bernice Jamke Davis Fox ox and I others who have had bath land or water bodies named name after aff them Principal among the great explorers of ot the lie north during tilt the last century should be men seine who ho while they Ih did not time the pole pl made Important disco discoveries eries erks orl Sir John HO I an al Englishman lithe on il an Rn expedition In S dis is discovered 1 covered the tho 11 earths magnetic r pole le lt Sir John Franklin want nt to find Ond a I north Mt passage BIt from the Atlantic ocean to toH H straits strait He lie J 1 In find Ond findIng lug Ing II It but tIled died before the tho return of nf the tue expedition In June 1117 I J He took tok with 11 him hini two vessels el els the captain of ot one of thorn now IO took lok and succeed succeeded ed cd In lit bringing a 1 few lew of or tho the men inca bark back bak but bul most mOt of or the itt party perished It I was al found round later that the deaths were wore due to starvation not because 11 sot suf provisions had bad I d not been n taken but bul because c of nr the contemptible ran ras rascality mI of nf the contractor who provi provisioned the th expedition Not Ol till ti the pile par party ty tI h got ol away aay from civilisation entirely was as tho the truth discovered the conned canned provisions pro were putrid and it II wait waa WI Im hit Impossible possible to rat eat thorn That meant the tit failure of ot the expedition as ni alt all al that th 1 could possible bo be b done dono was wal to return as al soon as W n EN lieutenant Greely U 1 S B A took tonk an expedition In and I tin 11 reached the tIme farthest north up to 10 that time tS 3 dei tle det 24 4 mill mb north latitude Nansen bout about 1899 1895 con conceived cn the tile Idea Idea of or building a 1 vessel on ona 01 ona a 1 special design such luch that thaI It I could not bo ho b crushed by Ice IN but hut If it caught be between b tween packs would be b up UI I nn Oil 11 top of ot the ice Ills His lUl ship the tho From Fram halt I built on ni this principle anti and tilted fitted UI up elaborately idea being to let IH tho the Pram Fram FAIn freeze up In the tho Ice and drift over the pole A daring well veil executed as far a as human ef of efforts forts wel went weil Nansen anson took tok Ids hl vessel anti and allowed it to freeze up In II the Ice Ir and remained with wih It two tWit winters Inter He lie le failed taie to ruth the pole because the drift of oC the Ice Ic instead of or being directly north had an movement which had hadnot riot not been reckoned on However ho lie established u it I new I W farthest north mark reaching 86 8 deg de 4 mill In 19 Duke do cli Abruzzi commanded a R later expedition One On of ot his hla hil officers apt reached latitude S 8 56 deg 14 24 mimi Amundsen a Dane In Capt apt A 11 1901 1904 rediscovered the magnetic pole which Is Ii II changing Its position slowly all al tho ho time limits He lie le waa 8 the first dent to tl In lu cate It definitely anti and the first to tl 10 sue uc navigate the northwest i 1 lau lauan a l an ge A J and allt ln In the arctic refilling have hae also ulo explored stud and made valuable Well Wellman Wel Wellman man recently attempted another voyage G K KIn In an atm al ah ship but the lie III journey ami to th the break breakIng soon noun loon after It I begun began Kan owing Ing of ot a rope ropa r holding all an his hi provision for tor the lie Journey One On pi II lou Io I attempt was aa made 11 f to ta reach the IM Iole Pole by h balloon Solomon Solmon Andrea Andree tried triad It years yeara 1 ago He lIe I baa haa not nut wen been heard of or Mw aim I hut ehle evidence nc has Iwa found loading to 0 tint the tk belief that lIe ha and his hi party j erl rtha d dAnthony Anthony Ali hOlY an au 11 Am also ul tried to reach th time M le In lII JI Ii foi tome tOle he lie h took tok up UI UI arctic IM lie 11 was l a I lithographer r laboratory t tant ant tont In physic and Ind u w paper artist and cartoonIst war terre forr IN 1 soldier teacher and RO 1 Ii j went with I expedition as tl a photographer and an th Ih the lg ler lr al II I 5 d li deg g 4 f mla und and ans a Il l II p d by b b Im bl blun ie lilt Ull A COOl COOK Dr Pr Albeit fook ook who iho h Or fleet announced tile the th Iov lr of list Ih toIe was WI 1 born bp In If New N York stats stale In iii II 1561 U Ur r the family name w we i P but WM wu K l to tv Cook Couk Cl Hv lie 1 HUil A lut I In Ia from th Ih tile of u New tei ew York In iii II UM 1100 10 lii 11 1 nr first l polar rUm Irl Wi were i suede In th the r lap u lt 11 of ut of nt lbs lite p he h that posh Jowl lien Peal y In und awl a with lIh tho the sePt Hilt l 11 by v the gUI II t I explore tM tI Iii legions 1 In lit nOM 11 II lIe IJ led to Mt y the Ih iw Peak k kIn In North and l lu to tin th Ii lop lOll to In Ills his III II cia ii 1 II 11 lii l is II pr ph t of th the ICk I loi nt en club of ot New Cew aik k un nit of or note not and toi COI 01 ills lili work rk In tut III received the Ih ot of tile I l Ule Oie hi KO so the ld of ut the li Hut lLoyd l I Society KaI tit of and all th his i of ot the Ito 1 t ot et f till Ills III pIAn fm tnt ro reselling tb 1 pole I till lilt different ferent lIt train from ml that of fir it any other tail Inn an on comparison rom 11 to bit be tilt HIt most moat logical I An As a Rn ral rule oth othor mi or have hR to 10 take Ink a s ship a aM fir far north a cc possible slid a 1111 then hn I make milk s it tapS h for the hole 1101 by 1 mean of dun dogs dunIn In following this plan In the Lb were per fore marie made In th the Ihl when the could b taken Inn farthest rt t north I IThe The Thed when the th ships ahlM wr a r left tn drift it I would tie I tt encountered Ilk tn H and lirt d and md continually breaking b up Dr math Cook turi ed nn oi n oti 1 r course Oil lie llo II lid dId unit not Uke teke lip a it ship ships hll me s piu If I of nf hi hili expedition x hut hilt I muck pa aIt on un the schooner John Jhn H It the tha not knowing kno Ing List hi ht his p parr wa was all an artt areti At t first sight It looks look like the trip wan Ks unpremeditated owing to t the th f fact ct Hint thu hed been 1 It ly I hut but on nil examination we tiP fO e that it it a is on of nf f th I mn mt moet t thought nt tit nit rita that thaI has ha er Mr r a 1 provisions for two I year and nd equipment nf of I the very fr light lightest Pat est en to 10 stoles t vei show thin It ws it P 5 cal C fully nn OlM DASH Di I link Ink when lie lir 10 left HIP thO lit Mi lii mi HI lex It ie took lonk hi lIr to 10 the 1 village of anti and rf livid 11 1 with lilt the lie I till tilt ho tie h ie n u at favorable fit for far hi his rim ii enough this thU eMote ramr in itt 1 1 ih I ii h iia a 1111 when wax was lri lr I r n ii mid lid mo tibet t itil fm ri I II I rB I Dr Ur Cook C tick ok that lh 1111 I Ii x 1 xi i sl at HI if r l i ai nv It hi Ii W H on fin Fell Iret I 1 II 9 The mil were it tr Cl io t Pt ero peed l in t month s ott ii iila I c a ati la ti 1 a II o er 11 m I I IIi mik mikH it I IIi Ii H d hii v I The long bug Jon time limits tU in III r tt liming In is probably lY due to Hi lit tin tilt of or lilt lee Ice 1 In Cumuli r rI ri rima lu lut I t I ma It its u UI This Th io I U Uthe t the return vcr tr er slow I it I i t til it il had bud th hit I Ivall of t r other i t Th h v also alto lieu had t tn slot slop to hunt hili ii ini 1101 were it ore rr 1111 m n the erge I of nr oi v s PIRI etHi tunes being halite without W I i I for fir three days d dlo lo H K II I K I Commander V t 1 M rt N was we horn born m iii In InI I lie He la is I H s graduate It of n ISo college slid hits has h beet been a tl civil engineer In lii the lie nat department eIne ln o I MM I He Hf has hall tried several covent tin tinto to reach the pole and In addition hn hH line annie Important arctic atI disc rIe among which may mar ml bf be tue famous Iron Mountain spoken of tiC f h to Sir John Ibis Rons this mountain con consists t an slits of or three IlIre meteorites one mn n tin th largest l known tu to weighing Ott tOM lena he lie pred and ami named Mel MIl MIllIIe Ilie land l nd Ij land Ind ml and t ape MI at Morris Iberia K IC Jup the Ihl most meet land In the lie world a h lie he determined the Ih of or Greenland I and rad rem liv latItude 84 degrees degree 17 1 j minutes th Ih t farthest north In the th Wester Hemisphere I previous to 10 time the Ii expeditions He lie U ii I at Nt prevent II nl K a civil engineer with the tho coast and geodetic survey ranks milk as H K commander III In the thu th wa Was xa elected president of if f the Ito III American Geographical o e society In lii 1103 I 90 U is n II member of the American Rodel of nf Civil 1 of if r this the Ala Alaska ka Ocr Jen gr w elet end and an ion 1 honorary member of nf the tue American Alpine club chub and anti the th Philadelphia Geographical so society society eft For hl hta hla discoveries he received the Ih lie medal medill of or the lie A Irl II Geographical strICt society t medal of this the to al Geographical O society KIt of Jondon medal of nt the thin Royal Scottish Geographical society JIN time the Kano Kaito gold medal of this the Geographical soviet scriPt and amid time the Daly DR I gold medal of or the Amerl san leo Geo Geographical 0 graphical society Ho lie has hRS written con eon considerable mutter about lit his In hi tho Limo arctIc or if his bis method of nf reaching the Ih pole pol polon on this trip trill nothing Is known yet el as 8 ashe ashe he h has hav ha not 1101 made any an 1111 statement beyond be the tho tact fact that he reached tho the poll pole POINTS IN I There Is s 11 sure to be a I very as asto H a ato to whom I belongs the tile credit It for tur the ills dis discovery dl covery Dr Or Cook says naya he lie Imps IHU the data to 10 prove lila hiM claim and otTers offer hi lila congratulations to Peury lenry he ho has haa reached tho the polo and takes the th pains to 10 telegraph from Crom remit Labrador Dont take oaks story too seriously thereby Intimating that thaI Cook IP I It an RII pastor Until It ran be IJ proved differ differently both bolh men ought to In get credit for reaching the pole as both hoth have hate u Ii standing In the th II world orld aa as la tu give Jhc their th r words force ores In the thir ab at acne bene of absolute proof of Dr nr Cooks looke dalm appear reasonable r anti he ht Is I certainly l well ll 11 enough ac acquainted a with 11 mutters mattera to know that It would be to tu tofake fake fak a 1 discovery even lIn if IC he Ii h were 10 the men man to tn attempt It whIch vi vry Vot ry few will wll believe bell Ill hits reception of ot tho tb news of nt too i is a II Point in lit his hili favor Peary Pe ry while his hili claim la I plausible appears to be taking the time news howe of ot Cooks look success with 11 bud bad grace gr l e Men lIen In III It civilized countries bud iMd h d u Ii to 10 read the th news and form their opinions Hut But Pear Fiery on hearing Iring of or Cooks Cook rep report rt tries rIce to discredit him by bya b ba a in Insinuating when of ot all men mn perhaps p Ii M knows knas k A Athe the least about what Cook claims are UP at It has bas been URle that tI t tile the th coast and ane geo geodetic sure go over the th data tiati of ot buIlt both men and decide on their claims claim Till ThIs appear to h lie be fair tal and asil should lie bl to all concerned OP 01 RY by the iu of ot tU to a hUI credit troll fur for tho discovery II 1 but admitting ono OM or both of th tha clim tu to tubo tobit bo bit true trill we ask aak of ot what value val I Is III lie ry Of or course It I III of Interest tu to it time II world to In know knew that tt what hal has haa hII hasso no so long been sought nought li n l ite III en found but i U a lly III It If ii hard harl to se what abet 1 n u miss It la It Hear Admiral 1 U t tS US S B N my It will put an ap 0 end nd to the arctic and ami that tbt sums um It tt up tsp upwell CUI as aswill well will HH RII anything While hiie IU Lii t a discovery of oC the pole tul It I Is of 01 Utile little litt value It II be b heen be n and there ht In Is I nothing now nil to make anyone else aiM III ani to 10 go get there tit The ht of polar t isis um lasso I UM the I M see rih for tor this unknown now noa the earse n of 01 t the r will 11 b be turned to 0 Investigation lav in and r 1 III let th the land Und which hen hwi not 1101 |
