THE POLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 481, 16 September 1909, Page 3

THE POLES.

PEARY, COOK, SCOTf. New York, September 14 A telegram from Battle Harbour, Labrador, brings the statement derived from members of the expedition who are on board the steamer Roosevelt that Commander Peary and one Eskimo alone reached the Pole. The negro Hensen and three Eskimos, who made a start in the dash for the Pole, were left behind on the march south. Ottawa, September 15. Sir Wilfrid Lauder, Premier of Canada, declares that all the territory between the. North American boundary and the North Pole is recognised as the hinterland of Canada. London, September, 14. Dr Cook has stated that he entrusted some of his notes and his observatious to Mr Harry Whitney, the American millionaire explorer whom he met on a sporting expedition at Etah. Commander Peary telegraphed “ I have no knowledge of Dr Cook having given Mr Whitney any records. There are no books or records belonging to Dr Cook on the Roosevelt.” Commander Peary’s party, on board the s.s. Roosevelt, leave Battle Harbour on Saturday for Sydney, Nova Scotia. Fifty reporters are awaiting the arrival of the party. Captain Scott, who is making another dash for the South Pole, expects to return to England in 1912. —Lieutenant E. Evans, who was navigating officer for two relief expeditions, will be second in command. Many members of the scientific staff and crew of 1901 will accompany Captain Scott. His four motor sledges will be sufficiently long to bridge the dangerous crevices. A large sum has already been promised for Captain Scott’s expedition. Captain Scott, interviewed, said that ,£40,000 was the minimum sum required to defray the cost of the expedition. He felt certain the oversea Dominions, and particularly Australia and New Zealand, would furnish, a good sum towards the expedition. They would be well represented on the staff. He mentioned the prospect of utilising ethergraphs between the ship and the shore. Much depended as regards the completeness of the entire equipment of the expedition, upon a liberal and quick response to the appeal for funds. He hoped to enter the ice at the end of December, The portion of the Peary story that is causing the greatest astonishment is the statement that he covered the 138 miles from latitude 88 to the Pole in four days.