THE NORTH POLE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9590, 9 September 1909, Page 5

THE NORTH POLE.

THE RIVAL EXPLORERS.

AN HONOUR CONFERRED ON DR. COOK.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.

Received September 8, 10.10 p.m LONDON, September 8.

Commander Peary, aboard the Roosevelt, left Indian Harbour, as he did not kn:iw the Chateau Bay telegraph office had recently been closed A messenger was sent after him to suggest that he should proceed to Red Harbour, 30 miles west of Chateau or Blanc Sablon 65 miles west and telegraph particulars of his journey. It was expected that Commander Peary and Dr. Cook wou Id both reach New York about September 20th. The Royal Geographical Society congratulated Commander Peary on the result of his trip, and invited him to deliver a lecture. No invitations were sent to Dr Cook. COPENHAGEN, September 8, The King of Denmark conferred the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society of Denmark upon Dr. Cook, who afterwards in a lecture lasting: an hour in the presence of their Majesties and the Royal Family, Ambassadors, and Ministers, revealed little beyond what was con tained in the "New York Herald." He explained that if he had taken another white man double the Eskimo force would have been necessary. This would have halved the efficiency of the expedition. He added that the ice about the Pole moved between two and four miles daily.

STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN UF THE ROOSEVELT.

Received September 8, 8.35 a.m. NEW YORK, September 7. The captain of the steamer Roosevelt, which took the Peary expedition to the Arctic Regions, states that Commander Peary saw no trace of Dr. Cook.

STATEMENTS BY DR. COOK'S ESKIMO COMPANIONS.

Received September 9, 1.10 a.m. LONDON, September 8. Reuter states that Commander Peary has telegraphed that Dr. Cook's two Eskimo companions say that he went nu distance north, and not out of sight of land. The other men of the tribe corroborate their statement. I