| Show r I t t I i iI iJ J r p J ENTIRE VILLAGE OF TAH ETAH B TA KEN A B DA RD THE J R B RA IN DR COOKS POLAR DASH OF r WHICH HE DESCRIBES iN CONTINUA TION OF HIS NARRA TIVE f y I n J oC oCr oCI oCr r r I r i iI if i vs I f roe z m mu u N 1 y DR COOK IN HIS KAYAK Little Men of the North Eager to Go to the Pole Bradley Crew Volunteers Daring Discoverer Writes rites of His Visit to Etah Which He Found To Be a Town of Four Tents but with f a Splendid SP Harbor for the Yacht HARPOON A WHITE WHALE HALE AS THE EXPLORING PARTY HEAVES IN SIGHT F the Inhabitants of the Place Willing to to Accompany Dr Cook Provided They Are Put on Good Terms with the Cook Allowed Free Passage and at Least One Knife I I II I Copyright bt 1000 by b the New York Fork Herald Company Registered In Canada In accordance with the thc Copyright Act l Cop Copyright rl bt In under rho III laws ws of tho Republic of Mexico fill All Rights Reserved S l l I t In the first c of his Thrilling v Conquest of Polo printed ill in the JJ ER LD of Tf 15 Dr A 1 1 1 7 Cook told of the start from on the thc of 01 tho voyage to Ol ti polar scar eo and of the rho ell cn routs of 01 tho rho equipment needed for lor the tho t I dash dah to the pole 1 r t 1 In a manner tho a dorSI atory of 01 Eskimo Ho that I If f j ho has beat beon for human interest IIo Ho told toed of the tho home life tha th thi a t i tragedy and comedy that mingle in n the tho dreary of tile the in inthe r the Arctic and of the childlike of the natives to trade trado their u 1 furs fUrl and Stories for tho simplest thin things a of c civili t The yacht her Mr John Johll R Bradley the and hta party l acre pictured in their preliminary for tic the final dash after describing the tho various carious places v visited in Greenland in search K of guides and information as to conditions condition further north Dr Cook Go ok wrote of 01 i the tho trip across Gull Gulf ra Past t Cape and on toward Capo Capot t I Robertson Here discoverer closed tile the first part 0 of his narrative with Etah and andI i I the last points of call looming in the tho icy I n L t r t w Si L F Y FJ F Fr r il rr 1 rr i iti l lr r dr cr b u t l J 1 r r t rj j d u a C 4 r R v t Ct t r t i I IP It II q P I 4 t f vl t p T I It r a t i 1 wf w Jt q r rl If Fn y f o r 1 J r i ls r r y r f r i is yAi s A r i J F t t t r Yr t Ll rl v 1 l 4 v f r l S le f t k 4 1 t i r rJ il J J r r y yc c 1 err f r hl t lr J t r if 0 om Foos DR FREDERICK A COOK d A phonograph sent music classical an otherwise into th the Arctic air from the cabins At table tallie there vas a of COU performance with a steady y baud hau and stomach During two days s or of stormy stonny discomfort several meals bad willing willingly i ly Iy missed d But in the thc Arctic food foo accounts account I weft mut be squared u us quickly ns IS possible to Lie Here Liere were the joys JOS of c health I iu in a new all combined in thu composite a adventures of cruising iu in Arctic seas seasOn Ou On the following we Ve passed Cap Alexander l xander and lUt entered Smith i Half a gale came cam front the sea as we en cn entend tend Foulke Fjord Thu town or of laab Wai ts af C composed of four which for this season had been pitched eide n a stream just or of the Unit tivit pro Mobil un the I shores Inside this thili point that water to laud the Eskimos kuyal s I I It also wade made a good harbor ur for the thu i yacht It is hi po iu in a I to Ilu push b through Smith over vine Into luto Kennedy l but the ex pcr is at Lae riaL of 01 the I n vet ul 1 4 t I there was no DO special fo for ua u l lu I hazard life therefore the yacht was here prepared for or the return voyage ws was to days and we sought to lO the time in iD exploration u and aDd sport port The vicinity of If Eta Etah Is notable as IS the n Sl ground of Dr Kan nod and Dr Hayes iu the of the last t century There were nu no unexplored spots iu iii the he but there thele was Va u good deal o of game near ll oro we lauded we watched the 1 a white I whale The little auk aul l ept u us busy for fora a day dar while hile tares tumbling like a balls over oer dark arl rock ea gave vc another day of gun un recreation Fur Far beyond alon along the thc inland ice were caribou but we preferred to ur lIr to the tue buy Ilay were Wele alive alie with c eider and aud I jhel walrus I dared dured u us to venture on au Oil un tine thc swept seas eu After Afler ambitions for Cor the thc chase clase and local exploration were wc C well to told that t the people or of l tive C to lo the north would lie he glad to 10 see ea Sus lilt Here liere was ue the to 0 u i jaunt to the hc boat The bulks w were rc tined lilted suitable u food ud rump I were If loaded dc and off we ve started on the I morning of August 21 1 for or mans ultima Thule I It was min n a beautiful day ay with a Ii light ht air from rom tile the sea Pasting inside of Littleton blau we e searched for reiles alon along Lit I boat Cove COe Thu desolate cliffs cHUs of Lape were a blaze of color lint and light but the sea was rl refreshingly cool with of blue lowering ller bergs H to dispel the thc fire of Arctic As we rushed In comfort past pact the tue Ice polished and wind swept UH the ea a was alive with bird Gals aud wal walruses walruses I ruses lint but little shouting was us tone for forwe we were wert bent on the Quiet spurt sport o of motor boating boutins ut As we passed the sharp rocks of Cairn Point we located niue tents iu a small buy ony under Cape In Look there is said luu tun an our UI native thu guide ui e Looking lip up Smith Sound we noted Doted that the hI channel bt yond wits blocked with u II jaw ur of hard hl byte i ice l The llIe north Jurth ul 01 moor or hosting bud bad been A ur rift sen ed nJ as y 11 pier to which to Lo the heal hOH 11 em emit it could rise rhou and aud full with the tide Ide and e tb wJ 1 jw by rig Y k 4 a f fr r I t J AJ k rf 4 i 1 4 I IU I U 4 J 1 7 I I t 1 i w r ss c uk i n r p r h krC n 5 fr fry y t Fri w y 9 rt r J O ti e q e ct r U it 4 r y 4 S L r c ip ipA A I 1 I OF R ed O i Within 7 00 Miles of the Pole the Campaign Is IsI I I Finally Mapped Out the drifting Ice dill did not glee much trouble A diligent exploration of the town dis disclosed closed close the fact that we wc ha had reached not only the northernmost town but the most prosperous set settlement of the G Greenland shore The best hunters hall had gathered here for or the winter boar boa hunt Their game saUle catch hud had been very cry lucky Immense catches of meat were strewn t the h shore More than hundred a dogs voiced the hunt force with whIch Eskimo is measured and twelve long haired wild lid men came out to meet us as friends friend The he wealth In f food o and furs fulS of this place fixed my on this spot as n a base for or the he polar dash ush We Va were standing hl at a pOint within lI seven en hun hundred re miles milc o of lie pole luo stroll t force of mell the best teams o of dogs Ot and an unlimited un limited supply oP f rood food combined with the l equipment OU on board formed all an ideal plant frolD lu III curb orl out the Iu the fl seeming of the t task sk bad il a I kind o of weird tion for or me Many 1 aDr j years of in both polar zones 2009 and In III mountaineer log would serve rn n a u dul purpose Slight Cur tor witch h Here wn was my illY chance Here was every everything thin thing placed within wl un the polar gateway Thu 1110 problem I sous dis ed with wy my colleague Mr Bradley Bradle generously to laud from the yacht the loud foud fuel and other supplies We had for u use There was lra trading material to 0 verve acne us money fly 1 own equipment aboard for could Ill be lua made e tu to nerve every purpose lu the enterprise The tel Jd t to be desired to II Out Only bOot good eu endurable weather and leC hC were r The of a mutton dUllar could coul nut have e au an at a better lie lie advantage luu wa was Lou tou good to lo Ue tie lust C to to v prepare fur tor We the now Ilu quest L Strung trou had made tu to reach the polo pulU ruin every available quarter Only till angle aule Alaska u and Greenland had been lift IcH untried in OUr venture we aimed to 0 LUIS area irea ut or We globe if H we w ill in our wain effort we would It nt le least t u tru over oer u a blunt spot Villi the resources for trim the 1 hoped to toUrlY carry a over Land and along the west IH COl coast t of tu the tame land There vas 1 un to that we would 11 avoid oid the troublesome trou pact lUtc toted by the G Greenland currents The Es Eskimos kimos were willing to trust to lo the game I o of this region to feed and fire firo the tue expedition en route rout to the lauds end end c If their thell faith fuith proved correct it Il offers l lInc i me Inc a 11 series of advantages denied to every other lither lender leader of polar expeditions for the would nut only he be supplied at atlie atthe the lie expense lC or of the land wilds it explored but nen und and dogs would be e taken to the battle hattle ground In superb training with their l cir vigorous bo bodies nourished by t t r Mft L I some fresh meat not the nau j laboratory stuff stuer which Js Is usually crowded I liuto into Ue the unwilling stomach furthermore it afforded me n a chanco ti tc 1 test every article of equipment In actual afield work wort and an above nil all after a 8 hard campaign of this hind I could select with some chance of success J the tho most winners inners for the final race over the polar sea A compact made mado with the Illen or of the farthest north to push the tha 1 venture into the boreal centre When It was noised about at Etah that preparations Jere in iD progress to try for the tha pole pok most of the men meu on board the yacht volunteered ere to serve Captain Bartlett skipper of the John JohnR R Bradley said suid that lie he also would like liles to stay but If compelled to return h ho required at least n a cook And an engi engineer r to take the yacht back to Newfoundland Thu was cased when the tho cap lulu was told that but one aDO man mun was wanted No group of white men could t possibly match mutch the Eskimo In his own element The willinG hands of a tribe ot of JU were at t wy my L More hell Itch was not required lint n a on and n a general over oree overseer seer Was in demand for this post poaL itu Hu dolt t slue selected t was u to be the tho base of operations But there is no harbor near this thiB villaro to facilitate a rapid bandits of supplies and to hasten the tho departure of the yacht oil her homeward run rUD everything for Cor tho rho polar campaign n was brou brought on deck while the tuc vessel e sel was still at anchor Ju fu jo acv and below nil all was for foe rho f expected or of the return voyage for tor Late in the evening of September 1 tho village of Blah Etah was taken aboard t the tho anchor teas as and soon the t s 5 bow put OUt on the tho waters ot of wl J Sound for The night wa was cold and clear brightened by We the charm of color The he sun suu lied bud Just begun to lo dip ip under the northern horizon which marks the cud of the summer double days of splendor null and begins ns the period oi of stones leading into the long loub night Early 1 iu the Ole morning we were off Tho ho weather was now chan changed ld A Atron strong tron wind caw came from tile the sea Ben With shallow water unknown roche and much ice drifting about no comfortable berth could ho bo found for the thc yacht I It t the tho i overloaded decks were to be cleared ut at atall all 1111 It must be done quickly The hc launch and all the dorIes were low lowered lowered ered and filled E Eskimo boats were pressed Into find and loaded The Tho t boats were towed ashore Only n a few reached Itself for the wind iu in increased creased and a troublesome en made h n a matter or of great greul importance Things were wert pitched ashore anywhere on the rocks rock wore were a 0 landing could be found for Cor Cort forthe t the he boats boat The 1110 splendid ld efficiency of the launch proved equal to the emergency an and in rho course of about three hours all was 1 safely put on shore s lore in spite of threaten r luC lay winds and Ind forbidding sons Gens t tEnd End of Second Instalment t 1 i J r ri f i r j y I i L i 1 k W o JI j jI I A |
