Show CLOSE TO NORTH POLE lauge koch the danish arctic explorer whose jubilee expedition was reported to have successfully traversed the northernmost norther most point ol of greenland could easily have reached the north pole says an article published by the national Tl Ti dende copenhagen written vy ny aage als a prominent nt danish explorer who describes a meeting with koch near greenland on tile the last stage of 0 the expedition expedit on aistrup writes that koch discovered the existence ot of the much dis pitted peary canal but bui says it was waa much farther north than was reported by admiral peary what peary saw he quotes koch as saying was really a amigh mighty ty stretch ot of valleys with an immense lare meters above sea level in a earn carn on the cap ot of a glacier in independence bay lioan was said to have found a report dated dated juno june 1 1907 by cyllus erichsen leader of the danish north greenland expedition ot of 1906 08 from which Erf erichsen elisen and his companions never returned bistrup says koch in discussing the feasibility ot of reaching the north pole said the lee ice was extremely fine arid and there were no crevices our dogs were able to make loo trips dally daily without fatigue gue although heavily packed I 1 could have reached the pole with ono one sled and oue one companion within twelve days 1 |