IN THE FROZEN NORTH DR. COOK'S JOURNEY.
VIEWS OF SCIENTIFIC MEN. EXPLORER'S STATEMENTS EXCITE SURPRISE. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received September 4, 8.25 a.m.) PARIS, 3rd September. M. Levasseur, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and an eminent geographical authority, has expressed astonishment at some of Dr. Cook's statements, such as the enormous distance he travelled over ice, and the temperature recorded — 83deg below zero centigrade, the lowest ever recorded. OTTAWA, 3rd September. Members of the British Association, now in session at Winnipeg, generally accept the bona fides of Dr. Cook's narratives. They agree that the only evidence Dr. Cook can have must be nis astronomical notes, and with these his good faith cannot reasonably be challenged. Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, director of the British Rainfall Association, commenting on Dr. Cook's 83deg below zero centigrade, says this is lower by 20deg Fahrenheit than anything experienced on the earth's surface before.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 57, 4 September 1909, Page 5
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153IN THE FROZEN NORTH DR. COOK'S JOURNEY. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 57, 4 September 1909, Page 5
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