Original Expedition Was
For Both Hunting and
Exploring Purposes.
Good Weather Enabled
Discovery of PoIe--Wis-donv
In Westerly Course
The Doctor's Novel Plan
of Scattering Eskimo
Families Along His
Route The Camp at
Etah Weak Dogs as
Food For Strong Ones
M
By JOHN R-. BRADLEY.
Who Paid Cost of Cook Expedition to the
North Pole.
Courtesy of Recreation Magazine.
Y voyage to the north to start
Dr. F. A. Cook on his trip to
the pole was my first experi
ence in the arctic regions,
though all my life I had longed to go
there and get a shot at polar bear,
walrus or musk ox. Dr. Cook, who
had become a noted arctic explorer,
and I had talked over such a trip, and
the relation of his experiences in the
far north had stimulated my desire to
seek similar adventure. Dr. Cook
orged me to accompany him, . but it
was not until after my trip to Mon
golia in 190G that I saw my way clear
to do so. We made our plans and de
cided to start early in the summer of
1907.
The first step was to secure a suit
able vessel. I bought a G16ucester
fishing schooner of 111 tons and had
fier rehtted, putting in a gasoline en
cine and havincr her shpnthoH nlinno
and below the water line with three
Inches of the best white oak, with
jt dill vVlaACt I1-Wy 11 ti .1 4. .. . 1 .
her to withstand the pressure of the
pack Ice. TTe rechristened her the
John R. Bradley, and I engaged Cap
tain Moses Bartlett, who had been first
officer of the Roosevelt, "eary's arctic
D"1ft ii. t v ia Li: llt-1 wim a crew oi
-Newfoundland fishermen.
A Boat on Buhners.
"For hunting purposes I had a boat
specially built which could also be
dragged over the ice on runners should
this become necessary. She was twenty-seven
feet long and fitted with a
ten horsepower gasoline engine, the
Whole 'weighing less than 1,000 pounds.
TTe stocked the vessel with provisions
sufficient to last thirteen men for two
" venTS.
Before we started Dr: Cook asked
me if I would not like to make a dash
xor me poie. sucn a project naa .not
occurred to me, and I told him I knew
very little about polar exploration, but
I consented to provide everything that
could be needed on such a trip and to
allow Dr. Cook to remain In the north
" through the winter and make a dash
for the pole next summer if the condi
tions seemed favorable. V
"Everything being ready, we sailed
from Gloucester. H We touched at Bat
tle Harbor, Labrador, and then crossed
Davis strait to the coast of Greenland,
. -which we skirted as far north as Sisco.
.Just before reaching this little port
our propeller had been disabled by the i
ice, so we put in and beached the stiip'
for repairs. These completed, we sailed :
find some bears.
there we had great difficulty in land
ing, but 'we finally managed it, and
there we left Dr. Cook, with Rudolph
Francke, a strong young German; about
fiftr Eskimos and 150 dogs, with pro
visions and supplies enough to last for
three years.
Double Use For Boxes. . .
Dr. Cook and I had our supplies put
up in big- boxes, about three feet
square, with tin inside, and the outside
was wood. That is the way I had
them filled, so that we could use' the
wood for building the winter house
and then have the stuff inside the
tin in good shape. I left him plenty of
coal and plenty of gasoline, etc. You
see, we did not want to carry a lot of
wood up there. The use of wood
around the tin boxes was to save space
and to build' the house. '
Dr. Cook spent the winter occupied
with preparations and planned to start
northwest in February over the ice of
Smith sound and over Ellesmere Land
in order to reach the sea at about 83
degrees north latitude. He arranged
to take with him several families of
Eskimos and a canvas boat. If all
went well I was sure he would reach
the ; pole and get back to Kennedy
channel within three months. He fed
the dogs on musk ox, of which there
is plenty. He had Eskimos at five
points in Ellesmere Land to cover his
retreat, as it were, and when he made
NEW ERA IN OCEAN TRAVEL!
The Lusitania's Transatlantic. Record
Forecasts a "Three Day Boat."
The1 sensational transatlantic record
of the steamship Lusitania . marks a
wonderful' advance in oceanic travel.
In crossing from lightship to lightship
in 4 days, 11 hours and 42 minutes she
opens the era of the "four day boat."
Now the nautical sharps 'aire figuring
just how soon a "three day boat" can
be built. '
Never before has man crossed the
Atlantic so quickly as did the passen
gers who stepped ashore from the
giant Cunarder. - They had clipped a
day from the ocean barrier. They had
set a new standard for speed. They
had smashed all previous records for
transatlantic " travel. They were the
first voyagers to leave London on Sat
urday and Queenstown on Sunday and
arrive in New York on a Thursday.
Science, skill and unlimited expend
iture have been striving for a quar
ter of a century for ' the prize cap
tured by the Lusitania. The six day
boat set the early records more than
twenty-five years ago. The five day
boat came along ten years later. Fri
day landings in New York have been
common ever since the christening
days of Lucania and Campania, fifteen
years ago.. '.
Then began the tremendous struggle
to eliminate another day. St. Paul
and St. Louis of the American line
clipped off a few hours. The Cunard
ers got speed up to reach New York
r rmay morning, xne wermans en
tered the race. . Deutschland made
wonderful speed and established re
ords that lasted for years." Kaiser
Wilhelm II. cut off more minutes. -
Lusitania and Mauretanfe came out
two years ago and saved more hours,
but only to be forced to anehor late at
night down New. York bay outside the
four day goal. ' Now that it has been
gained there will start afresh the race
of shipbuilders and engine builders for
a three day record.
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his final dash tie traveled light, with
only two sleds and two Eskimos. . fjx
The success of his now historic trip
was due largely to favorable weather.
To Cape York For Dogs.
We pushed into the field as far as
possible and saw bears a-plenty, but
could not get near enough for a shot
They were on huge floes of ice, and
before I could get within range they
always dived into the water and got
Left Eskisio Families Along Route.
Dr. Cook's plan to leave groups of '
families of Eskimos at different points
along his route was ' undoubtedly an- j
other big aid tos his success on his !
dash to the pole ' His route lay more
to the westward than : that of many;
others.
His object In going to the far west
was to get away from the sea drift of
the ice, so that the drift of Ice to the
east' would not' interfere with him' on
the return. .The natives" traveled to
the east again to' cover his retreat
when' he came back from the pole and
struck land again. He figured it,would
take 100 to 120 days on the ice. In
his winter house he had a drying
room, with 1 150 feet of stovepipe,
which he wound around his room ,so
that he could dry all the walrus I kill
ed when I was up there, which he was
to carry for his dogs. Of course they
had plenty of meat and everything
else for all bands for three years, -so
that even If he did not get musk oxen
he had plenty of other food. If he-
could get musk oxen, so much the bet
ter, and he could keep the other, as It
keeps indefinitely. As he lightened up
on his dash to the pole"' Dr. Cook
abandoned one sled and killed his
weak dogs to feed them to the strong
ones, so that he could make fast time.
Planted Two Flags at Pole'.
Dr. Cook told me he would plant two
flags at the pole if he reached it, one
' the American stats and stripes and the
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852,
- Time of voyage, 4 days 11' hours
' 2 minutes.
V- Average miles per hour, 25.85..
, Full day's runs In knots, 650,
:5I, 64": -'.'.. ,
- Distance from Daiint's Rock light
shin to Ambrose Channel lightship,
2,784 miles. -. ;
- Number of passengers and crew.
-2,800. , . . -, .
. Coat consumed, "1,050 tons per day.
Cost of coal at $3.25 per ton, $3,412
per 'day. ' - , ;
Total coal' consumed on voyage-,
5,000 tons; cost, $16,250.
. Passengers landed and malls-delivered
four days from Queenstown
.for first time. . -.
the Ky $tabk$
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We had no Eskimo dogs, so we I ther the 1Ittle green and white emblem
.away.
could not hunt them In the way the
natives do.. This decided us to get
some dogs, for which purpose we sailed
for Cape York, where we knew there
-was an Eskimo settlement.
It took us seven days to reach Cape
Tork, for we were nipped by the ice
twice -.'and were obliged - to cut our
-wayoht. And when we did reach
there it was impossible to get ashore,
as the coast was icebound and the
-weather was stormy. So we kept on
north until we reached ' North Star
"bay, where we fired guns to attract
the natives. These immediately put
out to the ship, paddling the little
canoes they call kayaks, and in less
than an hour we had on board the,
entire population of the town, con
sisting of thirty-five Eskimos, men.
women and children. They were a
known as the Bradley arctic expedi
tion flag. ' i ; -
I may say that 1 had' to foregb In-'
surance on my yacht during this trip,
as the insurance companies told us
arctic exploration was too perilous to
permit of the vessel being accented as
a good risk. No one, need fear illness
up there in those regions, for, as every
arctic traveler has testified, sanitary
conditions are ideal. ' : "
On the return . trip on the John B.
Bradley after leaving Dr. Cook we en
cojunte.red.. fierce gales and came near
going down in the awful gale of Sept.
18 off Labrador, in which seventy ships
were lost The John R. Bradley -had
to be refitted - at North Sydney - and
had to. wait for a wind to take her to
Gloucester, as her engine was disabled.
' Dr; Cook couldn't wait long at the
Ihealthy and evidently a weU fed lotV pole, as he had to get back off the ice.
Here I enjoyed, some excellent walrus sj He -had to be gone two years from the
shnottncr for three davs. From there (time he left America". He could not
Mrs. S. F. Cody of London Also. Con
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Soon we shall have a, war of the
sexes In the air." The inevitable wom
an has invaded the field made famous
by the Wright brothers, Bleriot and
Cur'tiss. Mrs..: S. F. Cody of London
won her husband's eo-operation when
she told him she had the only prac
ticable Idea aboutairships.' The Eng
lish newspapers relate how the British
woman sailed t without accident for
seven miles at Aldershot, returned to
her starting point,' took her husband
along and covered three miles more.
The machine cost less than $2,300 and
can be made by the dozen, for $1,500
apiece. Mrs. Cody says the sensation
of flying is just the thing women need
for their nerves and,, while her mono
plane cannot make long flights, it is
just the thing for house parties in the
big estates of merry England. Twen
ty thousand persons saw her fly. They
had faith in what she could do, as she
is the successful owner of a patent for
electric photography.'-' "
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fice and tesidencb.' :
we sailed for Etah, Peary's ' winter
quarters, touching on the way at sev
eral settlements, where we had more
good sport. From the hills back of.
Etah we obtained a fine view. over
Smith sound, in which there appeared
to be -very little ice. :
The Most Northerly People.
"Dr. Cook, the first mate and. I left
"get back' any sooner. You can't go up
one year and go on to the pole. You
must use one year , to go up' as, far
north as possible with your vessel.
For instance, Peary got up with the
Roosevelt a little farther north than
we did and put lis vessel up for the
winter. He built his sleds then and
did everything "necessary for; the' time
to come to make his dash. " tt is total
the ship at Etah and went across r darkness all tMs time, but they do
Smith sound in the motorboat. We
traveled as far as the most northerly
Eskimo settlements, which arevin 79
degrees north latitude,; and among
these 'most -northerly 'people we'spent ;
several days, Dr. "Cook- being able to :
talk to the natives In their own lan
guage and meeting several old friends.
The greater number of. these people
returned to Etah with us. They "had'
.dogs enough for any purpose, so every
thing was favorable for a dash t6 the
jKle, ; They had, however, - already
-cached their winter supply of 'food,.; so
-we helped them to lay In another sup
ply, killing seal, walrus, narwhals and
-white, whales for them, while' their
-women busied themselves in catching
and curing birds and hares, with which 1
to make clothes."" We 'took' most of
the natives and their dogs from Etah
to 79 degrees woTtll latitude, rMch -w"e
Aad decided should be" Dr!" Cook's wln
- ter headquarters. JWhen we reached
have beautiful Xnloonlit nights. Dr.
Cook arranged to start in January,
when it is. aark. The sun begins to
come out every day a little tighter, and
in July and August you have the mid
night sun' and no darkness whatever.
wasp' Taming s "'lSuinet. .
Miss Marian Black-Hawkins of An-
dover, England, has conceived the
idea of taming the common wasp and
of making It a house pet to km' the
pestiferous flies and noxious Insects
that' get into a household. She holds
she can Identify each wasp, that she
can 'fondle. 'them without injury and
that they can be trained. She captures
the wild wasps, keeps them until they
are almost dead of hunger, then feeds
them with "honey"; Jets tHeiti" grow' nufl
gry again, and finally domesticates
ttiem' with ttfore KOney MiSs Hawklnff
says tney will not sung me nana inai
feeds them.
Men's Dress.
According td ; the opinion of Mr.
TSornton, who presided at a recent
conference of the foreman tailors' of
London men's dress 'will soon undergo
a great change and the present styles
will give way to "more classic" gar
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waistcoats will be introduced, and the
superiority of these garments over to
day's long trousers and waistcoats will
insure their ' popularity. A ; Russian
nobleman who visited London a few.
weeks ago said that he cared little
whether the style was introduced or
not; he would adopt' It. Two things
were necessary,3 he said, 'shapely
calves and courage." "He took with
him f orty-ight'' waistcoats ''made ot
various patterns embroidered 'silk.
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