DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 13 September 1909, Page 4

DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE.

Pbess Association.— Copraioirr. THE RIVAL CLAIMANTS. A PROPOSAL TO AiRBITRATE. ( Saturday, j [ Dr. Cook, who claims to have dis- , ' covered the North Pole, had an en- j thusiastic farewell at Copenhagen, ' "the shipping being beflagged. Hoi sailed direct for New York. NEW YORK, Saturday. •Commander Peary telegraphs:— "Will prove Cook nover reached the Pole."' The United States geodetic surveyhas offered to arbitrate between the claims of Peary and Cook. The "New York Times'' continues Commander Peary's ' record. Beyond the eighty-eighth parallel the party covered 20 miles in one day, | the dogs sometimes running. Tie ice I was grinding in every direction, sind 1 the air was keen, like frozen steel, a I few miles from the Pole, and scarcely any snow was covered, 40 miles' in,l2 hours, and a stop of 30 hours. With four Eskimos at tho Polo, Commander Peary plante*d* the flags. There was no special incident while returning to Colombia, where they arrived nlmost lifeless with fatigue.