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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1909
Page
6
Dr Cook narrates the quiet, privately funded start of the Bradley expedition. John R. Bradley financed the Arctic venture, with the narrator shaping its destiny. A Gloucester fishing schooner, motorized and ice ready, was loaded with supplies for a prolonged polar campaign.
The text depicts Eskimo communities along a 4000 mile sea line from Sound and Inglefield Gulf, living in small villages. A rocky strip between land ice and sea supports grasses for ptarmigan, hare, caribou, and cliffs and islands host seabirds. Blue and white fox roam, seals, whales, walrus, and polar bears inhabit summers, while the tribe remains isolated yet seeks abundant game.
The voyage nears Cape York but dense ice and fierce winds force a detour to North Star Bay. Ice free north waters reveal crimson cliffs, guillemots and eider ducks as Petowik glacier looms east, marking Greenland’s ice sea.
The narrative details Arctic coast extending to Table Mountain near North Star Bay, Inuit communities at Oomanooi, and encounters with Kris Rasmussen aboard. It notes harsh sea conditions, gear repairs to a grounded yacht, and the tribe’s monogamous culture and flexible marriages as part of daily life in a no-law, no-literature society that manages its destinies amid scarce wives and abundant dogs.
Eskimos sleep on a raised platform in a tent with stone lamps burning blubber and a drying rack overhead. Trading on a yacht left both sides elated as furs and ivory bought guns, knives, and needles, with many exchanging prized items for cheap trinkets to mark wealth and status.
A party sails a yacht through Wolstenholme Sound visiting six villages where a 250 people tribe divides the season. They barter, hunt, and yacht to study the people and enjoy walrus, ducks, and possible whale while drifting on a gray day.
Eskimo widow recounts abundant duck and walrus hunting near Saunder’s Island. A yacht pursues seals but they escape, magneto and carburetor enable swift chase. Two large tusked walruses are taken and two tons of blubber given to Eskimo allies. End of strenuous day with roast eider duck in Casey cabins.
In New York Peary denies opening Dr. Cook letters about reaching the pole and says he heard Cook would return with the pole. He declines on tracking supplies at Etah, notes Eskimos did not accompany Cook, and discusses unknown Arctic lands and deep soundings. He plans to retire from field work and says the Roosevelt will voyage to Sydney before New York.
Commander Peary said his polar work cost about 500000 dollars in total funding from his own means, his wife, friends, lectures, and books. About 550000 dollars came from the Peary Arctic Club and associates. He lived on salary, being in debt for Arctic advances until 1900. Dr Cook's expedition cost eight thousand dollars.
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