AN AMERICAN SCIENTIST'S VIEWS.
■'■■•.-■vf •r-.Si=^s'- i;V'VIEWS/';;...- ■'-•.'-■''m'-_j' .>S^ii>t_llENs; COMMAND/BEl|gE^ 'r?^^ eboic.-ANp. cShm^kdebc,.•; '»^'^?^■;"■'>?i^?^D?E|c,E!i^J?;^^;..J:f.•-^ / -'i; (From; Qn»: Special.; (^jfreSpondpntO*- '■'.•'. - • ,: :;; :'..^';AIT!CkLANp,; Saturday;;^ :^- r Professor H;E; Cramptpn, of iGo; =* ; and^heaa o£-tb? ':■■■ /:^e>r^ent^« Araencaa Miiseum; at ;lsew;^;orkj S:^o r%^o^n^^yisit'-t6^eklana,, lepresenatiTe. '?:-vthst^ ho was intimately- acquaint- -:' cd -with Voth Dr.'Cook andi'Commana- - er-Peary. "I.was much'pleased,'^ : ;"lie^said^ Iwhenlwhen I .first, heard the re- ■":- rpprts' of-'Vvi Cook's success. ■ I-knew ■^?li'(^Traß^|i h9?er%k'at'*^-''saim*-tiil^ ■■'-:% "iwis quite: prepared for sceptir^^; Jcisia : with *hich"'his "accounts .lave "•:;';b"een received, because so-few knew ' ■ofrDr'Co'ok, -aha- knew that Me: was 'v-: up^^aere'ln the Arctic. .1 was ae- ; -v '"ciaqdl"y:~.piea'sed",'"tb'o, when' I heard; of ■ *"r iCoin^iander "Peary's tsuccess; •but :I ' •>_ 'wdfe^tTthajy was\ somewhat dis-: .';:■'>;'. tuifbea it the prospect of" the inevit--S'aW6': discussiott ; which- • will v'take v' - plaice"abpuX. L the,..explpits of; the two -: - meni v ttris;imppssibleVat. the;'.pre-. ',-■' - sent /time to- decide- *hich '' should - v -■jißvi'Sh§----Ml\«rfeffii;'"of/^eih'g'<t'he';fiisV 0 to reVc'Pth'o' tppmpst" portion'.-;'6f;.'t)ie '" earth; because we havo' not seen^the. ■^ ;repprtsr.;i>f th«rVexploratipni^VPeii ~- fsofially, I'think. .that Dr: .Cppk^s-ttio '&■'--• type of" a'-man who,-could.succee( ?: " ani sa: 4s ;'-Commancler. Peary, alP:/■'■ tiipngh^pth are;nn)ik«: ** ;Phywq"e iW^aafl- tempMament;^ Dr, ;Cook _is Aprt, ■v^iaidiatKe^ieaVy,;: andof; decidedly '^:^ Tontoni^>'ana; ilsfoiid temperament--* r-^;' just theisqrt ,p£-manJwhVcouia stand - I r tbe■/Eskuno-<kina';bf lifp.. Commanacr ?;' Peary is At'alli; angular-,; :and: dpggod.—.^''lEe^Win^ojEJinail"^^©^^©^* .sffccped S-oir^thc'fes«-;Bf-his' grit and nerve. &.-'" We', must^suspena-.iuagment: until ;we ■'€-.. lave more: facts; - but J am -inclined • '&■ to"think*^hat- v jf Dr "Copk; says; spy & lie has sneeeedea .as^well as, Cpm» " '*^^aana?f'I leary^»-V:-;"leary^»-V:-;"- m^kl fcU-4-4;;-
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 11 September 1909, Page 3
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