COOK AND THE POLE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 7

COOK AND THE POLE.

- - CAUSE Of SUCCESS. ' HE USED ESKIMOS, AND BECAME ONE. THE ; C}ENKI?AIi ROTJTE. ' •flly 4«foc!*llco..-0o?»rlel'«.l (Reci September 5, .5.5 p.m.) : Cppenhaggn, September 4. In an interview in Demnurk, Dr. F. A. Copjtj tho United States explorer, who claims to'lmi reached the NprthPolo on April 21, 1808, stated'that ho. struck put west;from Qreonland,. then northward, Returning fr?m |lie Pole, he took a more westerly route. ! ■ . Buring the ■ fojrinig|it befor.o. reaching the Pqhj lie tpoki daily observation?,. also during'the first-ten days, on the.,homeward journey; but Kβ took., no measurements of the depth of the. sea, having no'instruments for that purpose. ; . ;..'■''■■ -r :" ' f ... Ho ascribed his success to using the old means of locomotion—namely, Eskimos and dogs—arid to living the. same a-? the Eskimos,

THE POUE WON WITH GUNPOWDER. ■: j :';;'..;' ,HOW WAS IT .DONE? . :: ; V\ • ' Melbourne, September 4. v Tho Government' Astronomer can see. no. reason' to rofuso qredence to Ijr. .Qqqk 1 ? expipit.. "Somo of his.observations,"-:ho saya. ''are certainly at variance with those of other espeditions,'.. but: it would not be {air 'yy ref,qsd' : .to believe; .them.' 'Wβ riave . beliovccj all'the'rest,''' . - ' '■./ '.■"■■.'.-' '~ • ."•! ;' ''The; most -unconvincing' thing''!? the vast, amount of shooting reported. I cannot sea how three men could have carried so much ammunition .beside their food. hpw,pver, -they, had a, ivery small store of' : food, and made, their ammunition to. act' as,their .fqod:'!, ■■'■• ...■■■,■ -;."■ :- ■■• :•■"/.■:■//■'■ SURPRISE AT LOW TEMPERATURES, ■' ; V;;■.';'ALL RECORDS BROKEN.- V-'. ■;.!\ V:-.' V- '•■■■ '■'• ■•' P?r'?i September 3.;- ■'.-$, L'.evasseur, a. imember qf th 4 French A.caderoy : of Soiencjes, • and. an eminent gepv graphical; authority, has •' expressed astonishment, at sqpio, of Dr. Cook's statements, 6uoji as..;|he; enprm.qu^ ! ; di9ta|scc! "hq , , travelled. o,ver ice,■■: and, th<j :temperatuvo; de-: gree?/ below zero, centigrade, tho ■ lowest recorded!; l .-•'•';.''■.■.'■:".'"":■. I-'.. , ....-;.'' , '-:'"/;-'-! , ' ■■•■■ '- ■ : : : :,'■..■:',.•'■ ... toriclpn, .September- 3.! .' ;.. Pr. gugh'. Robert -Mill,, .director:; of. -the- , British Rainfall Associaticn, commenting- on Dr. Cfpok'? 83.'. degrees below- zero, centigrade, says, this is, lower, by 20 degrees; Fahrenheit, jt-ljjn. anything experienced', on' ; thot earth, , » surface.'be/orp. '■'■ >■..■■:■"{''-'::■'. /-.- ■■'■' '■■''■. ■ ■ ; ;^. : y!E.w?; ; [.>.:'■;};':.:s ■■:■ ;?ROspSQil DAVID'S;ACCEPTANCE^'. ■ •..;■; '..(Reo.'.September 5, 5.5 p.m.),. , '. ~'.'■. ./:;S;i v . ■•;■;■ v .v'^'o.ttSMa; : September. 4.. . ; Mr V; \Y'. ?., King^.Dominion. Astronomer at thinks-that;it T)?; Cook:ebcountprcd ijmpptli'ice,it would be. quite possiblp;for him. to reach.the. Polel-./ .j' - ; /'.v ;..".' 'W : ':■• .■'//■,. '■'■■ ■■. . :';; : . London, - September 3. ■ ;i The. "Daily, Telegra'ph" ' deprecates ' any ;hasty'.condeni.natiqn of Di;.. Coflk's i)'arrative. ■'■■'-.•'.» - ; ;,::'■• : Sydney,-September.-4/'. ' . Professor ;David accepts '. Dr: Cook's'' discoyery'of. P,qlo< He. says: "A.part from Dri Cook's''general reputation,.'which ui, ! itself .would''■'be', 'a.fsufficieiit; ' guarantee, ijl i shouldysay; the internal'evidence of his.'diarjshould shaw'thel World, the accuracy.; of' j his. qtateinfihts.v" ■;■:■■ ,'.'■■ -t'.' '" • '1 '.-.:v-\ 'V-:\.. :

■• "■;;::■';/< y;';,:; :: ; : September-3/ 1 i: 'Member?.' of the British' Association, ':'npw in, session,' at!W x i'nnipeg,:generaUj: iagceptTthe; bpjia; f fidea 0f..-fit-.■Co.ok's, narratives.. 1 ■ They agr.ee that.-the only, evidence Dr.'.iCook can hay?-must! .be-.his : astronomical, notes, aii-li yitJv these' liif gqoc| fqith, caninot.. r.o'asb;iably. to.ehal(erigetl.j:w; ;V ', .-■•".■ IV-V.,''■'■'.:'"'•.'■'■" r-

'; i^ , STAR§ ANO STRIPES."': ; / IN'uNITEIJt.STATES. 7' ■ ; ;';,.: .v'NeiwYbrh,'September 3."' hV achloycmentlruris high, in'.America.:: : :■;--' : . ■;,- Mr.; /Wickorshanv Attorney-General, .de , dares.: that the ■Constitution' will fcillow fho ■ hSi^-':: l l'(/-)i■ '■\' [ ;:-'.-'-:^ .'. ; :?| '■■•^ VvjmniSH: RECEPTION/:'- .', <■ ■/< Irk' I '-. •'■.':'.',;' :.Coponhagon,, l September H. . ' -Great preparations .'have., been made .' to. welcome Dr. Coolron has ,arrival at Oopen-:. .King Jrederick;, will . teceivo ■ tho, explorerj. and, he:will'",. be■ ■ oritertained [.-.tt, banquets by thq Minister of' Qon)inerce and ityj "the; Cpjincil. .. ■'■ : ;.."';'■ . .. ; . \ >f^y.^-;'.EXPLQBE^A;Jkw.A. ; f..>;|;' : ; ; THE:;eOST V QF "TBE. PPEPITIO^:.'.'' :;'"'' September 3. : ■.■• , Bradley,'who. boris. a large, porticin if the expetie. of ;5,r..-Cook's expEKlition, vitima,tei .it. at,. 90,0.Q0: dollars, (i».bo.ut, £18,000.)-., - '-. .Tb.e.. f'J[e.w,ish\.'\yorld"; the ex-, plqrer it a. member' of a well L kno.wii Jewish, family', in, Frankfort,, aitd that hja name.' ii;?ijct.; ■;.■ ■';.;,'- -■; ,;'-■.';■'■. ';■;,--, ;-/Jv.v

; v -aOME. INTERESTING SCIENTIFIC/ • Xu. '.':.,':.:'.' "/■■: .■;.'.. .;■ ■■ ■ :qi v an, ■ ?e,Q-Wiss^b, '. .'•;.' IDy /l'(,;leßrop.li,-Siiocial (JbrTcappndenA.l ". , ; :■','•' : : September. 4.. ' Speaking : to. a "Herald" '.representative on the"assumption'.thijt the cabled report that. Dr. Ciok. had succeeded, in reaching the-. North Pole is correot, Professor A. Pi W. Thomas, of ,the.:Auckl.and, University College,' stated , that the achievement was qortainlyl one. of the greats est.'.iniportanoe,, not because, of. the fact that'it the fU'sfc occasion upon which tho. task had been accomplished,, b.ut. because.' many, sistec soiences, were, interested.;., ■ .'■'': ■■'... ; \ .'. ' r 0 "l'irst' of: all' there is the , oharacter of the. earth's surface- at' this point,. -Whether it is. sea, or' land," he. romarKod.. 'TJroin Nansen's investigations we, were inclined'' to. anticipate gea— frozen ■ sea, around the North Pole, lietoorologicat observations..taken-at. the.North Pole ovist, naturally; be of the., greatest ifflr. porran'ce, as also -must .b.e the location, of tho Jlignetio Pole.,'.'. t'rpin, thp- point, of view.of geoJogji : the-forming.of the ice. ■perioas,'the achievement must., also.l>e regarded as'of considerable, moment , , while great importance most also., be attached, to acknowledge of ■ the'. conditions '• and temperaturo. at the Pole." ■:. "': '.■■': ~"'■ -. ;■ "-. ' : .-; ■■. .■ ; '"rhore has,"/' continued Professor/ Thomas, "been- a great deal of speculation with regard tb tho cause of- the. formation of the earth, which is usually described as a sphere., flattened at -tho Poles. Of recent yep,rs it has been discovered that tlie sphere, route. is not. regular, and it is belioved: that the formation, qf the earth,has been disturbed-in the direction 'of a short' Bear-4 ia P c( l'.tetrahedron.' *An apparently striking feature in the earth is that'tho high land in' one lioinisphero.'corresponds with \Vater.'in the'other.'.'.ln other words, at the. antipodes , of loud .we.-find water. Since thw ia land nroitnd the. South Pole wo are inclined to' niiticipnte, and observation's up to the present -have confirmed tho: view, that -there is sea—frozen mn— around the North Pole."