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March Suddenly Halted A Tremendous Lead Several Miles in Width

Greet Crack in the lce First Spied from an 'Eleva- 1._f. tion Gained After Hard Travel Over `

-I Hummocks and Ridges.

` .TENSE com MADE Tue LAUNCHINC. OF ».THE- SMALL CANVAS BOAT IMPRACTICABLE

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.SYNOPSIS OF CHNDTERS DQINTED

ff In the flrst instalment nf his the-lllinp story, "The Conquest of the Polo,"

printed in the IIEIIALD of Wednesday, September 15, Dr. Frederick A. Cook ¢0|d of the start from Gloucester on the Bradley, of the voyage to the pole; lent and of the ouerhauling rn route ol the equipment needed for the dull lo the pole.

‘ln 0 praphic manner the disnoverer wrote o story of Eskimo life that

never-has been enrolled for human interest. Ho told of the home life, the tragedy and comedy that mlnple ln the dreary ca.-istrfncs of the dwellers in the Arctic. and of the childlike snnrrness of the nutiucs to trade their valuable lure and #varies for tho simplest things of civilisation. '

-The yacht. her owner, Mr. John R. Bradley. the explorer and his party

were pictured ln their preliminary irork for the final dash.

Finally, o/tar rlemribing iho various places uwterl in Greenland ln seo-rch

of guides and information as to ronditiona further north, Dr, Cook wrote of the trlp across lnglcfield Gulf, post Caps Auckland und on toward Cap Robertson.

Ferl the dllcourrrr rinsed the first port of his narrative, wlth Etdh a

'_ 4l\|wa¢ok, the lost points of call. looming in (hr lay: distance. , M In the second imftalmmu Dr, Fools dcsfvllwfl 1he nog/u//e to Etuh on "¢1|`§” M, 1,, Ammgml.-_ uw place of pleuly, which he selected as the bass for Ht duh lo the polo.

In the third instalment Ihr explorer :If~.u~1~il»»d the work of preparing Ms

winter quarters, cloning with 1| graplric df-..wn'pfifm of /1 narwhal hunt.

In the fourth lnntalmcnt Dr. Cook deserllncrl the dPP"`WC" °f "W l°”l7

j_f¢¢|'¢ "ight, w)|i,¢|| ¢qw.-J hit party at Anuootol; to become very active ln pre- paring fer the dash to the pole.

In me nm amaazmmz of. cook rom of me fwfwrl wrt on Februar# 19.

1908. and described the equipment hc took yorhis 9700' #Ml 4407'-

_ Sixth Instalment

THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE.

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4-0-0-00-O-0

By Dr. Frederick A. Cook.

. ~, lrl Newspaper

.. Registered ln accordance with the C0 .VflLl\t Act D! 'lm Wm' _ Company, Toronto, Limited, Agent for the how lurk lI_eruld (`Compr:_ny

.G(‘£pyrlgh\*`lu tie cpu c o . ox co » ‘J

mpuw' (All rights rcscrvcd.) '

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()0L00'|‘I}IG\VAH and Inuglto had been our b;dfell;W_;m§>\`

the entire northward run and they had gone t roug _ dangerous and hard experiences tollfetber- _wef the”

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§ » \-I ~'-\-I ' "-1..--:anis-r - ~ \-nga ~

SOUTH) .

u cheerful pace.

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. Mr ' - ~ <

fore, ri.. .¢.......'~'f'.‘£..my'.'.’l.‘.l‘..»..... .......- SU1~r.R_r.-sn: .A1,O1~rG *rr-1:5.: NURTHERN

to n wave nf cnrlous mlm,-:rs Some numb. cowvncsr-11 4909 uv Tue. N-v.m:nA:.o c¢. our m

"I'HRc>U<-31-I 1~rA1\rSI:N'S

Puovo. cowrmawr |999 sv TH# ""`/- ueeAl.¢> ea. Au. oeusura |tE3e&vED.--

northeast, throwing a warm orsuge §lo\\ ou us that gladdened our hearts. The tempcruvure wus bd degrees below nero Fuhrcnllcit; the barometer wus steady und high. Tlu.-rs was almost no wiuu. und not a cloud lined the dome of pale purple blue.

l . ' ' .

After t\\o cups of tea, a watch sized

hrscult, n chip of Eroven ment and boulder of pr-mmicsn we crept out of the lungs The shivering hge were pushed through houlsluii cyluidl-rs. whuh served .rs trousers the feet were worked into froreu boots and then we climbed into fur coats kicked the front out of the snow house and danced about to start the fires of the he \rt

Quicklv the camp fumishlngs were

tossed on the sleds and securelv lash:-rl don n. The dog traces were :uthcrcrl into the rlrny lirics, and with n vigorous nuup of the long whip the willing creatures heut to the shoulder straps. '1`he slods l!ro~|neR_:n|d the riiryinlrliug snows :uve n metallic rink. but the train moved with

"Unue nonnn terromzgi donsn nh"

(good lnnd out of sight to-dnyl wfwmid fn 0"? l1n0fhl‘!'. hut the words dir! not como with serious intent. In truth, each '.ln hls own way frlt keenly that we were . lenvinc n world of life and possible mm. fort for one of torment and sulferinc. Holborn lslunrl wus nlruudy only s dull blue haze. while Grunt Land wus mak-

lnz__l°nntastlc figures of its peaks and lce '

ws s

eye port the sun was edging along the'

str' GRCOCE: LAND. -

saws xissnvno .

felt more keenly their departure than the going of the 9l‘Bi`p»a1¢.< seemed like active vnlcsnbés. mu.. . ` _ Y .

six. We were at tirst lonely, but the exigenclei Of

1 raffin to occupy every coll

lrnse to exngrznratr-d helzhts and i, d‘ . 'l

0\ll` H", ,hnnging sk,” Wm, mnmp‘°pR°;_'°I‘;_‘;H_new prospr.-ct._ From ha-lchmp v-»lr~nnoes_sea._where lt formed A low ice wall, and like church “eeplps_ Mtogether this _"__ lo_ smoking titles of_uloderu bustle theglacier of the maluspun type, but itll

lDll"\HH l!H~\‘0 IIUHSGSIIW bu~ ol >\'\~uv=. pesruucc was more that of heavy sea i

` Problem “"1`|'9 500" sumcienl. Y Cul: o lg ' ¢XDP"‘lf°fl llnnornmn of the nl'D¢‘r surfnco.uuL`a more desolate une ui c....sl room null -ure rue uuuis ut' the zrazuxenrs n

of Grant Lund under the lnliuenoe ofl . ‘"' A

‘ ~@_ - ' ' ~"- *“H~¥|UU‘-l- _ _luis mr AL'-_~»ul|uuA'yut\c ice or lioebe

'tm-in every nb' . » _optical llluslons gave us considerable cn-I Lou, wlud swept and lee |~.~.|.~|u-rl ru-'-\»\=' z which, sc-‘tru ul Lincoln sea afxd reseuzbl

f was \‘9d\lC€ll l0 three; and; though the lso‘atl0n|t“"'“'"‘“""f huns were seplllted by vu‘l yu lille-J \\"tl| old ilues, were supposed to be thc prov

Now our par y I f P60161' Af ""<‘l'Y. llwrltllinr spell the heads great depths of snow s- l* l -rl this lu~ of the upbuildiul of the ice of the No

A WB! lll0l‘€ 0Pp\`C53iV@, there were the “mlm advantages g _turned to the land nnrl every look lmvll- n‘t¢-rinr nr-r-urnulutlon mm. l, ."..`-.-\-- rf. \"-<._l"ol|1r Sea.

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number of_u big expedition always cu_larE _“___ tml; disadmntagel _ DQ'

d ill. lti I the curly part of u po al* V011 lelellhlalngled the survival of the fittest, but after this last sup_p__:>l‘;_| - in sleds return the men orc married to each other an _ can no _ S |

~ . t -d d be fed to his companions.

beparatlerl ul'\cilh<>s|f‘h)\¥¢(‘f11li01l'rii`:rl:ti‘1;i\(\uotObi cpaullt aside. Au exPl0l`i“K Ve“'l ttllhtégg only as strong: as its weakest member, and increased numbers, lillelncreased links in u chain. reduce_el’liciency. _

The personal ldiusyncrasies and inconveniences al_:\_1_='§’_Sy5g;’v‘°i§;‘s.

the dny's march, but, above ull, a unanimous _pagtgexfl to the leader; ‘mo cuques’ wlvch are alwngs ombtlmrzri lnohilancd With but two saV'| and tothe best interests of t e pro e _ __ was but a Part of _“__

age companions, to whom this arduous as' t ___ accustomed life of frost, I hoped to overcome _r_r§\_l;;s0f the na “r

_ personal burners to the success of Arctic expe -

l One Degree in Three Ulys-

l' BV dead reckoning our position wnS_ liltifllde 52 Q@8~_ 23 mln-».

- - te thutl

longitude 95 deg. 14 min. A study of thc ice seemed to iudico. __ we had passed beyond the zone of ice crus_l10d \:iys§_l__1_‘i__";2:_“”$_‘_’____‘:l_ land pressure. Behind were gi-ent hummoc s an _ _natéd ___ (___, El n cheerful expanse of larger H098- UBUIH Ulf* a"°"_’“ g dh' man and beast we had advanced a degree of latitude in th_ree_ dlys. Our destination was about four hundred and sixty miles

be ond l

y ° ' ' t Previously we

But our life had assumed quite another asP@C ~ df

.armltted ourselves some luxuries. A poun_|l_o_f cpal _0llh_I:rl_d_g0l!_‘:;__ - l ll of musk ox fallow were burned eau-li dug o ua . 3 _

l ter# abundant food. Extra meals were scry_cf} wl;;;J__f;l_1i °°§*;9i‘_’_'_’_I ‘ca ed for lt and each man atc and di-;\nl.__-are e:_Co__ __ ta _-hy them. l.”'°k|ng| or the mittenst wir: _vrgeggvns 8 ; .°‘t"g:;r;lLx,fqt:';,?,],:;s.]£|v allowance of. food and fuel--one pound ' - ~ - . . 'nr °:.r°“"@"° do "‘;°."2:‘;‘..'11‘.';".I.1.'.;‘.'s:.‘.:...“';... ‘ j ‘ tum of other thltngs-tb§(l\Tcll<l;'nrir?through gums lands. E "mhdmp'"mdenu-y nn *wo C0331: :dl llirlxrllll d]nB‘t(l\e sled for lin occll-f

-=.‘!'3'H“."»‘““ E” no l°nger'p.°BB1:nd done alonll the lund. With overf M .nr mg spen’ as “et sh und pull ut the slcds to ald thel lu.” “Cdl the _ll\‘;"3:. I3-ifiblllld ice for an ensy route, cutting here' ` =1.ll:enr: lvlfhllflieeice me to permit thi' Pllsslllg ‘lf UW sled*

‘ Sf' d for the Race.

fl ll strlglgsd for the ruev; mnn und dog must walk

gg' '\w:0:§tr¢§l.|-nlahxirugh storms and frost for that elusive pivot so or failure depended mostlv upon our nhnllty to transport:

lo§!'l|".Ymcut and to keep up the mlrsculnr strength for a pr-olongc-d_

we awoke on the following morning and pecpcd out of the

§§.§§;

foliowtng cable g comparison is made bsfween the expeditions of Dr. Cock Oo the pcb and Dr. Hanlon

trip from the Fran to hle farthest north. ll deg. 13 mln. 0 sec. The inftnmantl, 2004 lupltlea and alcdp both cues an llvwn. dan has been mnderby anna of Dr. Centra critics that he started without the lndrummla necessary

n ct. pollhon ml' without lllllchlt lwuln ro accomplish that which he sql la lldfaeoahplhl, Hll ls shown below.

IUNBU be relating to lr.,-Ponry'| journey to the .pale orb noe yet available.

' The new Important feature h, Dr. Oookm quipnsri la cp-tvround in tb on ol s beat. -ln. Names use

kayaks. while Dr. Cook puter-rel. o‘ca.l'v\a ~|ol4in¢ boat. Mr. Pas-y dm not uulin auch a possibility lor-_ crossing

llldl lk Ill. __ _ ._ .. _ ~ ~ _ __ ___ _ __. _,_ _,___ __ _ _,'

t ~ A.. r.-~~- - ~ r » 1 » e.....f»f'i'~=s>‘ -1 A <

on coox. A A

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anrrnuunrwe. ,V

inns oompunl. ' OBO lllfhlt

One utlrlolal-,harimau (glsab. \

Ono pedometer.

Three pocket ohronomohrl.

One watch. Three thermometers.

Ono an as-all barometer. ,i

One camera and alma. Charts.

lhpmurlaq mstuialaaa lnnrunon\_ ,.

Note books. Pencils. _

IUPFLIEI

Ellht hundred and five poundmpemmlrulh ’, Fifty pounds musk ox tsndarloln. _ _ .

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Twenty-tlvo pounds todnu

'rm puns; wa. .' ’.,:.‘..f°""

One-Unlnd onthe. ` '_"_\fi

°.l‘we|¢1u-elve pounds sugar. ,___ ,

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lla

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Fork pounds condensed nlli. _ _' ,'.l_

sony puns: nun mason. “I . 'ren pounla pea noun. wwvlcnl- ni eempreesod.

Flvs pounds surprises. Forty pounds petroleum.

l!‘wo pounds wood alcohol. ;‘f_1;

Three pounds candles. l`s pound matches.

'LID U"W'1'f. ` _ '

1-we may minus oar-susan. usa, #_ One tweldl loot lold|\¢ cshvln U0* UalrQ¢h\\r pounds

one siurmu. Two canvas sled covers.

Two sleeping ban (reindeer akin).

Floor harl-

llltra wool for Ile( reollrn '

Born". nails me rivets.

- PIRIOIIIL AIITAII.

Dr. Cook. ‘

, Two Esklmol.

` Dr. Cook had tvuntyatx del.

om `-' . nlnrlualliswa. "l',t~~ _-,_

ana aluminum eomytllt - -.;.' _-___` :' no thaodollto. ’ . ; e pocket soxmnt. . ~ *

no artificial |la.lo‘\sorl§L

e odometer. 1 _

_’:¢ohe_|.__m '_ _lf

0 In n ._ eps .r ` '

ghebe me aluminum tnlaaovoe.

One council. . ‘

e cssactla _

as box ofinhna.

A . ns. NANSEN. :org

a V Late in the afternobn the land suddenly

up. settled. as lf by an earthquake. The M; Pearly glitter which raised it darkened um unrl I1_Dllrple fabric was drawn over the A'1;.|h"|'ll10n, margin!! lmpercoptibly with the

ill!! lighter purple hlue of the upper lkies

,.~...¢-_ 1 ,

' linkin for changing films. ‘ ` -

Navl|a_uo:_ ta/ilu, nauuoohnlmnaael. observe!-In jour-

aa a, a. .

' IIIFPLIDL

'Plane hundred and lxty-six ds pemmlcnl. Q’-'I

Twp hundred and aiv¢l\t_}>o\ap£T=1vsa' liver DOM.

'witty-five pounds. l oc ” _ pounds ot speoluilooltor pen tour, heat am

'l‘h|rly-eight pounds Ill; Hour. ' l 1-, ‘ |-,,l,1;‘.‘},u~

Scvtrpty-live pounds wh abroad.. ' Fo -sovoa pounds aleuronatofsnal-from-<ve|Q9l\le

,h........,. __ - - ~ ._ Fort -tour pounds oatmeal. ..'.\,‘%;l5}__.-vgj, »gv_` g_g;!_a¢een_po\:_r&d| i_r{_hsot Hour. ' ~¥_;*6:..,'t'f., '

an 0 ":..

P e _D u »_ a lon;

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o than ands ‘ ,.‘, .. glility-tlvi pounde unter. ~- - _

een pounds Qrled 9olato& `-l. f ~ ' ‘ ¢__,».f; _,‘

Ninn pounds augur. \[ -‘

Eight an pounds moat ehnoolsis

kysnzaen pounds chocolate. amy pounds whey powder. ‘. vempoungs cocoa. ' -

~.$“,..’.‘Z.`l5'.'.».l.’2"'h 1-um =

One pound trams foot* nsmlna tablets. .` ‘ .»

One pound rod whortloiovwlcl. f

¥‘|va.aaunda medicines. wc. nad petroleum (about-nva gallons. wotfhmffgpq

poun s. _ '

One pound matches. '_' -e_

' sum nsulrlm . _ -,_

'nn-eg elude (one weighed lor!!-three poulllt y `~

'Pvc kayaks, tor?- .U& -'

Ono silk tant. th: e »

Pumps. reps. reserve hs.nnl.'{ocvore. As ,_ _,__ N“____ nneoxgmémg £1. _V

gas Norwegian (Jo ' 4

N had tw

.tv

epgilve snw the lnnd, however. repeatedly for r several days whenever the nfmnnphern

WIS ln _the rizht condition to elevals the terrestrial contour lines.

E All Conditions Flvnrsslrle.

,m vffnhiul was ln our fsvor ln this _ _M‘Cl\. The winrl was not stronl and s ruck at an angle. ma_kln|z lt possible to f_\lM'_:l the nose*by_pushxn¢ a mitten under Tl; ood or by rmslnz the fur clad lmu$ _ e snow was hsrd. and the ice. in fslr 'gf' 5°" "Unrated by pressure lines. S ered llttle trouble. At the end of a I orced edort of fourteen hours the regis- ter' indicated twenty-nine m|]9g_

' P00 tired to belin the construction cf

o house at once. we threw ourselves rluvvu on the sledges for n short breathing spell “lm ff" Nleen. Awakened about an hour 'HOP by B BU'0_h! wind. we hastened to

_ seek shelter. 'lhe heavy tloc upon which

we rested had several large ummocka and over to the he of one of these was found eultsble snow for a camp. Lines 0f BMW! vnuor were rushing over the .puck and the wind came with a rapidly _ increasing force.

But the dome was erected before we

suffered severely from the blast. and under it we crept out of the coming storms into wsnn furs.

It blew fiercely thnt night. but in the

morning the storm eased to rr steady d|`l\ll\1t..W|th n temperature of 59 de~ .trees below. At noon we emerged. The _ IWW! grsys had been swept from the

frigid dome. but to the nor-_th _there "_ mained s_ low black Ilne,ov¢|-. . pm,” cloud which gave us much unenlnen.'lt was s narrow belt of water sky. and in- _ dlcated °P9n water or very thin lee at no great distance. _ ' '

The upper surface of Gun( Land ws.

a mere ne. but a play of land clouds over lt Ixed the eyes on the last known mclra of aolldssrth. In this march we felt keenly the piercing cold of the Polar Isa. The temperature gradually role to fo . slx below ln the afternoon. buhthe :mil of the shadows increased with the swing of the sun'| rlltter.

U10 Sllpllz Wild.

It still blew that light, uf; "nl"

draught which sealed the sycs and bleached the nose. .WI had hoped ua; this would soften with the midday sua, but instead lt camo with n sharper edgg, Our course was slightly west of north, the wlud was slightly north of wen; lg struck us at a painful angle and bro ht tteara. The molstened lashes qniztly 'froze tolothcr ln wlnklng and we were forced to halt frequently to unlell the eyes with the warmth of the uncovered hand. lu the meantime we found the nose tipped with A white lkll and lt sho r ulrod nursing. The entire face was shgrounded with lee.

This experience brought wana lan-

KNOWN___LllND, DR. CODK Fl-\CED SUFFERING AND _ li

`T¢.ufi¢ storms Broke Pre

qucntly, Piling Great ' .Snow Drifts Across the Route.

CAMP ON HUGE

CRYSTAL CLIFF

Noises of Moving lee Rcrem- bled lhose of an Earthquake.

CROSSED ON~NEW ICE

One Night Spent in Tempenlurf of Fifty-Nine Degrees Be

low Zero. _

GREAT WAVE OF Ml""'

él-be

Eyes Dellfrhted at Beautiful <r\e.-mole as Land Gradually Sinks from Sight.

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At about slr o'elnck. as the nun rrpqnll

the west. we had reached in llne of hlzl pressure ridges. Beyond the lee was rn( lute smaller does and thrown together lg H" Milf! mass: on active pack nl troubled seas could not be far sway. ao- °0l'<lll\2 to our nurmlaes. The water-sky widened, but became less sharply dednal,

We managed to pick tl way sung'

hammock: and pressure lines which lfeemed impossible from s distance, and lg s few hours we saw from an mgggu Ullllft of lee. blocks s broad, dark Il” "P”°u°¢ Ulf Plckv-a tremendous eng several miles wide which seemed Ig gh time to bar all further progress. Wg md ° fllldilll canvas boat on the dede: *W* lf' I temperature of ferry-em; up green below zero no craft could bl bl- ered into water without fatal results, Aj of the ice about was lirmly cgmenhg and over it s wsy was forged to the lholq ot the great lead. _

Cllr! Bellle the Loll. '

Cami'-l was made on a secure old lell, ‘"5 "ef lll huze ics alma the cnet learned like a long rlver winding bvticll pahsades of blue crystal. A this lllil Uf yellow lce had already spread oy- the mysterious deep, and ; m¢¢“|,g. .Q fantastic frost crystals vvll arranged ll _bunches resembling Bowen. Through thi 7°““¢ f°° dlfk. “Don rosa like chap rhrouzh n screen at ponu hm-in me fell la feathers oldest aloagmha apsg. ling shores. Etukhlshook went out nd 1 went west to examine the lead hs a ph creasing. ~

There were 'several narrow plug

while here and than Ina but hola Mall ln the lead and were nov land by th 7011115 les. Ahwolah remained to lake

onlr mcw_h_o_u»e o_Rmfo_r;ablo.“u

n expo n '

bridged place‘wlee dun: about* rm

I I b ul ':.‘ _slrantliccftgps ntl: !ra.&”¥-‘ r: 'U *

sweep ol the heated vapors, A 2' .. :'“‘:'...°.:°t‘.,......“‘°' °‘~‘.“...‘ '°*.... r

Ol' 0 C The arguing co and ’ _ h `lZf°l`..'?.‘.Z¥l!.‘1Z"'°v`vli'..°'&."3 "' the frown no the vllradsm Ill'

of the moving ck were nal .lllllv °‘.=.':.°:f';'°:5 ~..,,_' " after we at __ 'b` gaze.. Rv

thswsdsll wel!

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aadthewludwu lltacnggag --ff "` “F-"`..‘=

,bttlen redress. HW‘”“&‘° . 1:* .

gllastulocwdaxfirw ll|ll\l\ll’°"‘_"°°_7119l`B° tt: *_

r. anna s _ _ _ 0 _ 0 on

beef#-*~*-~>-*-*-“*'°°“'°*"“° “"'°‘ ‘ ' c -_ 1 : 1 :e M sa.eeme=»v»»¢@x -m&mm¢mnmmwe , . V Q"

o;|_f.-rqaa. -" 4 ‘H

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els ol Dr Co0k’s Discovery ol lhe Norlh Pole Are Given in To-day’s Issue

Many New _Fa - .

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however, fell npldln wlt_h*tza _ \