Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-30
Views Of tho Antarctic Regions
from Overhead.
Important Results of Expedition to
Polar Seas Unique
In the Annals of Aero
aaaticS.

HolSSance are common enough. some
day they will be extensively employed
Tor geographical exploration, perhaps.
There is talk OF using captive airships
Tor enabling tourists To view Alpine
scenery easily. But ior polar research
they ave thus far been practically
neglected. Poor Andree hoped that in
a free balloon he might drift steadily
n~orthward from SpitZbersen several
hundred miles, but he paid for that
error with his life. Tho trial which
was made In the Antarctic seas from
the British ship Discovery Is precii-
caily unique in the annals OF aero
ndutics. Never before was a uccess-
tui ascent made under similar condi-
tions. says the New York Tribune.
Leaving ~Lyttlcton. New Zealand.
just before the close OF 1901, the Brit
ish expedition pus.!eC si;aLfly south
ward. heading for Cape Adair. The lee
barrier which skirts the Antarctic con-
tinent extends aLnOs. continuously
along the ~siXty-ftth or siIty-siIth par
allei OF south latitude. by far the
most remarkable break In the coast
line occurs to The s~Outhcastward o.
Australia. There is an enormous re-
cess, 500 or Con miles deep, and fully
As wide. called McMurGO bay. Along
It's western shore lies Victoria Land.
It's eastern boEIun"y l. poorly defined.
and is represented only vaguely by ice.
The southern side Is almus, STRAIGHT
and extends eastward and westward
fairly close to the seventy. eighth par
allel u latitude
Touching first 1T Cape Adalr. of tho
northwestern corner OF the bay, Cant.
Scott ssirred Victoria Land uad
reached the southwestern rorucr. near
the volcanoes E-Cbls - Terror.
Turning eastward on Jana1r. -. 1902.
he worked his wav efG,i5 along the
Ice barrier. which fnr n. m = y
miles has a height u lr".r - 20 $50
feet. Apparently ~ e, %, I,.fr.
somewhat from the limits ~rtrd h.
Sir james Ross. wh0 C.r.urad tic
region In lSt5. Daring % next few
days Cant. Scott FEW lac 4 20 the
eastward Of him which has never be-
fore been chartered. AMI nlso observed
thai the Ice barrier itsel. practically
DISAPPEARED. and was replaced By slop-
Ing -" which doubtless covered land.
The h''1!Gr proper Is n frozen pack, Ia
generally level In spite OF Its rough
ness. and Is thought to ovcrlie sea.
II was Jus: after turning back nitcr
those observations toward Mount
Erebus that the balloon ascent was
made. h ship was still under con-
troll, the season corresponding 10 mid
summer. An inlet through the Ice.
which reached further southwark than
any other to which the Discovery could
penetrate. was now utilized To study
tho land ITydro2cr. Cn.1prcsscd In
cylintC" nd brought f~,m home. was
used to inil1to the ras : 3. OWNS 10
the low '''0r"raturc OF t'is region. a
much proctor quantity VIZ required
than would have been need in fem
ror7'' 'ir atcs. rho cable which held
this 'o1'ing 0bservator" captive was
75O fee, !""g. No sitis'' '"ry landing
place "'-- - 'CDYcrc| b. - rtImirablo
vicw - the region vas h.,I Thir oc-
criTrcd February {, 1902. Then the
DiScC"cr9 pushed ~ westward fprnI
n satisf' c;ory anchorage in MrNrrIp
strait. close To Mount Errbus. and on
March ~ Dust after the au,umn,I
equlnoX) she was frozen In. Suhse-
qucntIy Cant. Scott organized slctgo
partic2 which explored the vicinity.
h most important results Of tho
expedition up to tho time the relief
ship. Morning. left II last winter. were
ma follows:
First-DiscOvery Of new land east
of McNlurdo bay.
Scc0nd-Discoycry that Mounts Fro.
bus and Terror arc IN a small island
and not tho mainland.
Third-FindIng good winter orar.
tors Tor = ''i2 IN south latitude 77.b0.
east longitude ifG: ~. with land closc
ny Tor u magnetic observatory.
Fourih-A record OF % dcgrocs no.
low zero Fahrenheit.
Flfth-A sledgc Journey to S2.,7
south latitude. and Observations ~
lhnd MS for or NJ 1890. Including
peaks and mountain ranges $4,000 Zoo,
high. wv
SiHth-EvIdencc that tho vast Ico
covered plateau which roache. voa,,
ward from McMurdO bay IL in sonc
places 5000 feet high.
Scvonth-A largo mount OF mag.
netic n biological and deep sea
sounding. Nv"