Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1907 — Dr. Cooke Ahead of Peary. [ARTICLE]

Dr. Cooke Ahead of Peary.

rphafithorhertamonsAmerican expiorer, Dr. Frederick A. Cooke of Brooklyn, N. Y., is now at the head of an expedition safely in winter quurters a-t Etah, Greenland, 650 miles south of the borth pole and north of the farthest Peary sta-

; ion, became known when John R. Bradley, the wealthy New York sportsman, returned to North Sydney on his schooner yacht after lauding Cooke, with sleds, dogs and provisions for two years. Mr. Bradley, who is the financial backer of this expedition, says that their intentions were kept secret for fear that the Peary expedition would be stirred to greater activity. Cooke will leave Smith's Sound at 79 degrees north latitude, next spring, and after crossing Ellesmereland, will try to reach the pole by the open polar sea. Unlike Peary. Dr. Cooke is to be aceomiwnied by only two Eskimos and dogs sufficient for two sleds. The sleds are built with roofs and warmed with lamps *o that the occupants may sleep while progress is being made. Two canvas boats are also carried