The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-24

undertaken rather for the purpose OF
geographical survey than with the
Idea OF reaching the pole itself. IL
may be said TO have succeeded beyond
the most sanguine expectations.
Shacdeton made some departures
from the usual preparations for Jour
ney across the snow and Ice. He took
with him motor car. which could be
substituted for sled aud light wooIen
clothing In place or heavy rurs.
Briefly summarized. the results OF
the expedition are that n point was
reached within Ill miles OF the soutn
pole; that the magnetic pole was also
reached; eight mountain chains were
discovered and one hundred noun
tains
Mount Eerebus. 13, 12O feet high, was
ascended by the party; new coast
and high mountains were located run
ming west from Victorialand and coal
measures were discovered in the Ant
artlc continent The theory of the ex-
istcnce Of an area OF atmospheric calm
around the south pole was disproved
Lieut.. Shackelton thus describes
tho dash to the pole:
Adams, Marshal Wild and myself.
with four ponies and n supporting
party consisting OF Brocklehurst,
Joyce. Marson, Armytage and Priest
ley, left Cape Boyd on October 2g.
1908. Don November 3. We left Hut
Point with ninoty-one days proy1s-
ions. but were held up ON White Is
land. which we reached on November
4. The supporting party returned TO
the permanent quarters on November
7. Owing TO the bad light among the
ice crevasses. Adams and his pony
we're nearly lost
"a few days later we reached the
depot OF latitude 1926. longitude 1853
east. We commenced TO reduce our
daily rations and travelled south along
meridian les over a varying furnace
Of ridges and mountains OF snow, al
ternating with soft snow In which the
ponies often sank In to their bellies.
In latitude S1.64 VIC shot a pony
and made depot Of oil. biscuit and
pony meat, taking the rest OF the pony
meat to eke our dried rauons. We
reached the Discoveries southernmost
latitude on November 26. The surface
Tow became soft with large undla-
tions The ponies were attacked by
snow blindness and the second OF
tbem shot, the depot being made in
latitude S245. longitude 10 On No
vember 80 We killed our third pony.
Steering south and southeast we
were now approaching a high range
of new mountains, trending to the
southeast. On December we discov~
cred a glacier 100 miles long and ap-
proximately forty miles wide. running
In south and southwesterly direc-
ton. and on December 5 we started TO
ascend It at latitude S3.33, longitude
172. The glacier was full OF bad
crevaSses 1t took the whole OF the
next day for us to fight our way 6OO
yards. There were many dangers to
be feared. for at any moment one
might be thrown into some unknown
depth. AS 1t was. on December 7, the
last remaining pony broke through
snow lid and disappeared In a Gre
vase Fortunately the singletree
snapped and we saved Wild and the
stage. which was damaged. The party
was now hauling weight OF 25O
pounds per man.
THE clouds disappeared on Decem-
Der s, and we discovered new noun
tain ranges trending south and south
west.
"On December IS. we reached an al
titude of $500 feet. In latitude SO
degrees, 10 minutes, 3 seconds. we
made a depot and left everything
there but our food, instruments and
camp equipment and reduced our ra-
tlons to twenty ounces per man daily,
On the 26th we reached plateau at
an altitude Of 5000 feet. then gradual
ly rising In log ridges to 10000 feet.
Finding that the party was becoming
weakened we decided to risk making
a depot on the plateau. On January
4th, we proceeded with one tent, uti-
lising the poles OF the second tent for
guiding marks for our return. During
January 7. and 9, the snow blew 70
miles an hour with "a degrees OF frost
1t was impossible to move, and Nom
bers OF the party were frequently
frost-bitten in their sleeping bags. On
January 9, we left camp and reached
latitude 1926, longitude 1872 east. this
being the most southerly point ever
reported. Here we hoisted the Union
Jack, presented to us by Her Majesty,
tho Queen. No mountains were visl-
BILE and We saw only plain stretch
Ing TO the south. We then started on
the return trip"
I'VE reached the upper glacier de-
pot on the 10Th. The snow had been
blown from the surface Of the glacier.
leaving only slippery blue Ice. which
presented the greatest difficulty In the
descent.
"On the morning of January &c, our
food was finished II was slow going
Sixteen miles were covered In %
hours. We reached the lower glacier
depot, in latitude S3.l5 on the 9th,
There We obtained food and proceede
with greater speed. On February 2
Wild was suffering from dysentery.
the effects of the horse meat, and on
February the party was prostrated
from the same disease and unable to
move. For eight days the men suffer
ed, but, our condition improving, We
managed to make our way to China
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