LOW TEMPERATURE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 58, 6 September 1909, Page 7

LOW TEMPERATURE.

COULD BE BORNE BY SUITABLY PROVIDED MAN. (Received September 6, 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Professor David and other experts declare that the temperature recorded by Dr. Cook, though improbable, was not impossible, and a suitably provided man could endure it without much difficulty. REASONS FOR SCEPTICISM. DID COOK TAKE PEARY'S ESKIMOS? (Received September 6, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, sth September. 5 Admiral Sir George Nares points out many reasons for scepticism in regard to Dr. Cook's statements. The Admiral blames Dr. Cook for taking Commander Peary's Esquimos, together with their dogs, which Peary had kept alive and trained for years, and this apparently without consulting Peary or attempting to see Peary on his return. Kir George Nares, formerly Captain Nares, of the exploring ship Challenger, was appointed to the command of a Polar expedition pent in 1875 and 1876 to oudoavQiir to tviu-o iho fato oi tho Franklin expedition His ships, tb.e

Alert and the Discovery, wintered in 82 deg 87min North. No signs were seen of an open polar sea, ana a passage to the Pole was declared to bo impracticable. The northernmost point reached was 83deg 20min 26sec, on 12th May, 1876. Four of the 120 persons comprising the exploring party died — one from frostbite, and three from scurvy. The cost of the expedition was £120,000. Dr. Nansen and other subsequent explorers penetrated further north. In the main object of the expedition success was achieved, as relics were found which established the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions.