DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 10 September 1909, Page 3

DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE.

(Pytsa A_BociA_ioN.---CoprßiOHT.; '.-. COIkCMAIWER ■■'FEASYfB--AE'SeW>l-yWayYyyYy^ 03 *'." 'WJ2^ ] . '- yy •/';: __OTJEBES_?H«r<3-' NARBA.TIVE. - : W : "YYY i&Ys6fsK'S "'■■ position. •_.•'-■ 'Y'(xmtiiSD'Eß PEARY CONFIDENT .< Y --,' -,\^ANIIIGONTE>*^U^S..' - . . ;" -■'/ ii'Y-'i A NEW' YORK; ?Tli_rsaay. 1 ■'.'■'.-■'■-■' ; *Witii_ regard to the rival claims of '. A- A QOTUDander -Peary and Dr. Cook; of . •: discoverißg'tne North Pole, the "New Tork;TWffl a letter ComihakderPeaJry wrote.in May, 1?08, as ; a re^rdf atafihf :— "-Dr.' Cook has 16; - : which has -been . "v iy'-a^o^fP*.^*^ I .'*- , He. has-appro- A Yi i^^^Y^aras^Y^^ayo .^t^ai.}y9sA J :' : r5 r *t_ke"*-'^^tblie^ed- ready fb-.^'iny -*." a AyeomiagAliyY; . A ■-'•*' ""•■/,"'.'' ',-, ■'; """' The 1-tter-. _cojicludes:,:"pr...CdoH,s ;. action in' going? -"north sub'-iosa;', ior ;;. ■'_-'•' the-adaitted -purpose* "of., forestall-hf' y Ay y&, ia Qne^whlch^ni} ' man "possessing =■' '.;'■:' wyi.*^a.&t'-%9*wW i*-?^ &■ giiilty A t)f," r YYi,y .'.--,.;■ •. . v '.'--'!-.-V ' v ''-."V: -■'. ' Commander Peary, ftoin Battle ftlsrieui, ;.J_.aA.rad6r,/ by wireles. *ftele- -\ graph "visi-'Newfonnaiana, BendfJStlie ■'" V'Nw?Tprk 'T-m'e^'.'itha-'folhjiiiiig, .',- -'B-un^ryyriirivcase ~he[ is .unable foget . ■iy the. full. story through i'n_^ime"*6r -fe-^ day?a issneirr-.'.* : . -- . "AyY Y*A 'S-K ■ •;-.' •MAfter' wintering at" Cape .Sheri : "' s .dan, 'Grant. -Land-, the-sledge Aexp'edi. : 'T'tibh'-'le.f.:the Eoosevelt .V.Eebrnary •/ Y: - 15th; ? : It' started.-no-th -of - Cape^Cb- y. i A luniliia oui 'March Ist, •' andv-passedftbe ' Mtißh*' ; -feeo"fd on. the •second." ;-We i yfere delayed by open water'iintil. the ." ilth.-wh'en'-'tve crossed" the -'eiglity-: -. .On-fth parallel and encounteied* ;an? ... '""' M*«i U»d. '■- -.OnLMarch Jsth we cross-* cd, thefieigthy-flfth^parallel, 'and/ibh' - : A. tie 18tiathe eighty-aixth:- ; . 'Y y ■ A. ■ -y^Qn.Htie:. 22hd •^.encountered , open/lead/ and passed" the. Norwegian < :V-r.c«rd''rbnithe;.23ra,.and.tb e^ :■■ Ai'Axee^AO^^W*^- again;' en- -.j .i_OTnt.red : .an open . lead on the 26th, i Y /an^" passed; tl*e'..eighty^evon^h paral ? . '-. i**rd onthe 28th. .-,..; .".-• '*v^- were, held up by op'en water . ~- till,, the 29th, and crossed the . eighty"Y eighth parallel on April 2nd and/ the ; : i eighty-ninth on. the fourth. ■' ■ ■ -.i/r .-. .• "We'ieached the Pole on the 6th, -■ and left on the 7th. '.' """ •■•"""' = - • '•<" '"'We'ieached Cape Columbia on the ■ .■-■' 23rd,. arriVing- aboard > the JBoosevelt A on" the^th. Aa-" '•'■""' " -'Yi'tA. ■ ' '-"The-ifoosevelt reached CapjevShe- - ."'-■' ridanvon'JSilyvlSth, - - and -passed Cape : Batin^o^August -Bth; and Cape Cork % on the ■ 26th. A ■■'••* ?•; ' .'Uf- .: '."•.' . ; ««___l.?"the ,: -members of ;,.the ':■■ expedi- ' - tion'aie -in good. health,- except Pro-: ' Vfessor Marvin, who -was' drowned . onApril 10th, 45 miles north of . Colum-. ": ; bia, while returning from the eighty:Y . Bixtir^degree, in command of the-OT_>- ,: ' Y. ' ' i : AAAA A ._-.'. LONDON, Thursday.. /-; •The' "''Times" is publishing / the . :i.Btory/-'andiwili;rssue.fHirther "editions ,t : if 'a i_»nti*-uation of tho narr*}tive^is 'A A-'-^received; '•'■•' -• ' y '- '-• '■■'-, V j: r : (Jojnmander Peary. . '"'telegrapns:— '■'-.. f'Dbnjt worry about Cook. „ I' bav*- "• Mm. nailed.'? ' • y"Y-i ■■ ■■