THE NORTH POLE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 180, 3 September 1909, Page 2

THE NORTH POLE.

REACti-D AT LAST. BY DR. COOK, AS AMERICAN EXPLORER. NEW LAND DISCOVERED ABSOLUTE SECRECY MAINTAINED. EXCITEMENT IN COPENHAGEN. By Cable.—Press Association..—Copyright Received 2, 10.30 p.m. I London, September 2. Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, a rcsidcit lof Brooklyn, and an Arctic explorer, telegraphed to his wife from Lerwick I (capital of the Shetland Islands) as follows: Successful and well. Address Copenhagen. '

There have been no tidings of Dr. Cook since n cablegram was received on Stli October until the arrival of tl\" V\n.ih steamer Hensegedc at Lerwick yesterday. She anchored for two hours and I proceeded to Copenhagen. | Absolute secrecy regarding Dr. COok'e journey is maintained. The Danish Consul himself was hound over to secrecy by the explorer be'ore lecciving any information, but the Inspector of Greenland was a passenger and telegraphed to the Administration of the Greenland colonies at Copenhagen:—

We have aboard Dr. Cook, who reached the North Pole on the 21st April, 1908. Dr. Cook arrived at Uperavik from Cape York in May, 1009." Eskimos at York confirm the truth of Dr. Cook's journey. Dr. Cook's companion, Randolph Francke, finding the climate too severe, returned to Newfoundland in 1908. Cook proceeded alone with two liskimos, and eight dog teams !:iden with supplies. He was then 500 or (W0 miles fr un the Pole. Reuter's Brussels correspondent, wiring on Wednesday, says that M. '. >- rointe, Director of the Uecle Onservi • ■a.rv. hud receiveii n tcbgriim '•'•" " r - IV*, auhouiU'lni that lie ll|<l i-.-n-rli-il the Pole and ha' l discovered land i!i tl»' extreme north. '

The Times' New York correspondent says: ''The news was received iievc w.'.h | elation. So little publicity wus given io Br. Cook's rt.)«-Jnioh, anu so mwh t>> Limt. Prtiivs ntl-mpt to rcn'h the Pole, that almost everybody was taken co.npletely by surprise. Even tha oflki-m of tha National Geographical Society »! Washington confessed they knew llttlf about the expedition." There is great excitement and cnthiiol-a-m In Copenhagen, where Dr. Couk is I'.vpectcd on Saturday,