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DR. COOK AT COPENHAGEN. A TREMENDOUS RECEPTION. THE EXPLORER REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received September 6, 8.25 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, sth September. Dr. F. A. Cook had a tremendous reception at Copenhagen on his return from his North Pole expedition. > In reply to his* critics, Dr. jCook declared that he had deposited the records of his journey in a sealed tube on the place where the pole was located — namely, on ice which was drifting eastward. Dr. Cook adheres to all the statements he has made, notably to tho fact that the temperature met with was 117 degree^ below zero, Fahrenheit. Commander Peary, in his expedition, recorded 65 degrees, and Lieutenant Shackleton, at the Antarctic, 65 degrees.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 58, 6 September 1909, Page 7
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