Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04


in September ard returned on the 18th of
March,
Elbow far was the point on which you
landed on the Antarctic continent from Aus
tralia?"
ut was just about 5000 miles from New
Zealand" replied Mr.. Boz chgrevink.
'@' The New Continent. I'd
what makes you think the place where
you landed was not an island rather than
c5ntinent?s' - -~'>' ''~-- =
MANY things" was the reply I'm the
first place the waters then the rocks, the
mountains and their distance above 1.-THE
sea. These and numerous other things lead
to the almost positive conclusion that there
is great continent down there about the
south pole. It is true that it may be an
archipelago Of islands united by thick
sheets of ice, but l believe that it is a con-
tinent- I nave made careful estimates of
the lands which visited and of those dis
covered by other explorers at different
points about the pole. and I feel sure that
there is body Of land there at least twice
the size of Europe
II suppose the whole country is covered
with ice and snow"
That which I saw was, Of. that nature.
replied Mr. Borchgrevink 1--WE Travelled for
days through the ice packs. Now and then
passed great iceherss and our ship was
often struck by heavy pieces of ice. which
made 1t trembie and crack"
us there any difference between the ice
of the south polar region and that of the
north?"
Yes; there seems to be a dorsdei differ
ence. a part of the ice which we saw
WIS In great blocks rather Thar a noun
tains Of ice. sllch as you find al the north.
don't think the icehci.c-s Of the south polar
regions last as long IS do those of the north
Still they are immense. Some of the hergs
which we passed rose 20 a height of three
hundred feet above. the water and when
you remember that as a r.lla from eight to
ten times ms much ice of such a berg Is m
der the water as above IL. ran get sa'ne
idea of their size. Travelling among
:.snpposa You had h. hi SIP Ike shat rs
3Ns'iSe s s<oiild you ah;iVa' made any bet
ter pres;4ss ~, = r,uous - ATih's '.Ei .
''Yes.'' WIS the reply. sc ''NRnsen's ship
would have been 4 great advantage. but we
had to take what we.could get
How 1t Feels tn Fi:,d n Continent.
THE experience of landing on this con-
tinent for the first time must have been a
strange one. VAS it no.?''
You know the land called Victoria Land
had baen discovered before l went south,
but ouE party, Vas 1 think. the. first to ever
set foot on what believe to he the main
land of the continent. AS we came into t her
bay we could see on each side Of Us the
coasts OF Victoria Land extahdiHE HI 10th
directions as far as our eyes could reach.
Every one of the crew wanted to he fist on
rear of the boat AS soon as We gso't .ntar
enough, however, SO that / could see the
bottom through the waves, I jumpedN 'oit !
ard waded onshore, and Tins got there first
Il can't describe the feeling that I had
There was a reverence mixed with il, and
an understandable pleasure. / realized that
l was on new continent. and upon land
on which the feet of man had never before
trod."
The Commercial Possibilities of Ant
sHasr$
The conversation here turned to the COM
mercial value of the discovery, and Mr..
Borchgrevink told me that the ground
Where he landed was covered with guano
There We're millions of penguins covering
the rocks, and these birds came about them
by thousands and they had to take their
clubs in order to beat them away The
penguins look very much Ike a small seal
standing on its f1ippers. They waddle about
the shore, feeding on fish and nesting in the
rocks Mr.. Borchgrevink brought some
back to Sweden With him, and one of these
is now in the museum of the University of
ChTistiana. He told me that he found evil
derce of minerals on the mainland and that
the fur seal ought to be of value.
tie had no opportunity to make excursions
into the interior, and he has reserved this
for his new expedition, when he expects to
find the south pole. .-.-- -..-. e..
g. New South Polar Expedition.
here asked some questions as to the ex-
petition. Mr.. Borehgrevink replied:
I'VE, expect to start next September. We
shall sail from London for Australia, and
thence will go to Cape Adare.~ The expe-
dition will be a commercial as we'll as a
scientific one I belong to the scientific part
of it." - ...
Glow much will it cost?'
Between f25,000 and 10000" was the
reply the scientific part of the expedi-
onrvary1 ind boil
have eleven men under me. A number of
these will be Norwegians, and among them
Mr.. Alme, who was with Mr.: Wellman on
st far C ea the A MaT sbs tsa sail
US the material forsbuilaing two nuts and
shall expect to relEaains for couple Of
years." TO-.
Will Take Dogs From Russia.
How do you expect p get into the in
terior?' ro ~
My idea is that we will travel to the
South Magnetic Poleoon sledges. will take
about fifty dogs with me-"
What kind Of dogs?,,rI asked.
Il am getting some Russian dogs from
Siberia" replied Mr.. Borchgrevink "They
ted for this work. We shall have sledges
made after the style Of Norwegian snow
shoes and shall carry, alsp a number Of such
shoes with us. We shall probably use sails
III CouueCllCu Win the SleOSeS You re-
member hansen in his trip across Green
land had sail on his sledge, and by this
means he made as much as forty-f1ve miles
day in passing over the ice. shall take
three men with ms on the trip to the inter-
Tor and shall leave the remainder to stay
at the huts and to- make explorations from
there as far as they can In different d.
rections The thrss whom take with me
will have to be Norwegians, as I want men
who can use snow shoes. In~areturninR
from our expedition we expect to be ma
tefially aided by the. Wind
Fuel and Clothing.
win you take any. fuel with your
eyes: we shall have coal and other con-