Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-24

Drygalski Glacier. For geological,
magnetic, and meteorological results,
minerals, apparently vanadium, and
widely spread monazite have been
! found"
Westward Party's Perils
Mr.. Armytage reports:
THE western party, consisting Of
Sir Philip Brocklehurst, Mr.. Priest
ley, and self. left Cape Royd on De-
| cember and reached Butter Point
on December 8. We proceeded to
ascend the Ferrar Glacier. Mr.. Priest
ley making geological collections and
Sir Philip Brocklehurst taking pho
tographs. The latter climbed Knob
head Mountain and found weathercd
sandstone.
ION January we returned to But
ter Point, according TO instructions,
for possible meeting with the north
ern party. During our stay we pur-
sued geological work in the vicinity
and found an extensive raised beach
fifty feet above the sea.
"On the morning of January 80
the party woke to find the ice upon
which II was camped drifting sea-
wards. Fortunately at midnight. by
the influence of a current. the foe
touched fast ice for Il sufficient time
to permit the party to reach safety.
THE following morning we sight
ed the ship and communicated by he
liograph. We were picked up In the
afternoon. Useful geological and
Photographic work was done"
The Nimrods Voyage
Captain Evans of the Nimrod re-
ports:
The Nimrod navigated south un-
der sail only and entered the first
belt Of Ice. sixty miles OF pack ice, on
December 20, crossing the Antarctic
Circle the same day. Thereafter at
intervals there was much pack.
proceeded south on meridian 173 west
to latitude 20 deg. AZ min. between
Ross tracks. We sounded, and at
1875 fathoms (945O feet bottom
was not reached.
"On January ] arrived at the
edge Of the pack, seven miles east of
Beaufort Island, and on January
reached the ice-sheet OFF Cape Bird.
| despatched IA sledge-party OF four
men in charge of Mr.. Macintosh to
convey mails to Cape Royd. The same
evening two men returned, Mackin-
tosh and MCCLELLAN {? McGowan)
continuing the journey. Next day
they found the ice-sheet breaking,
and Just succeeded in reaching land.
Thence on January IL they travelled
over crevassed mountain slopes to
Cape Royd, arriving on January IL
at the last stage Of exhaustion, hav-
Ing lost their provisions in ere
vase early on January II.
Telegraph Signal
The ship first reached Cape Royd
on January and left Immediately to
search the coast for Macintosh. !
was beset by the pack. and drlfted
northwestward past Granite Harbor,
utilizing the period in taking chain
soundings across McMurdo Sound.
The ship experienced severe pressures
but was finally freed on January 1G
uninjured
"on January "a. after a blizzard
had commenced to break the Ice
sheet, ! was proceeding westward
across the sound when I perceived a
heliograph on Butter Point, eleven
miles distant. | succeeded in pene-
trating the pack, and picked up Ar
mytage, Brocklehurst. and Priestley.
"on February l. following Lieu
tenant Shackleton's instructions, I
proceeded to search the western coast
for the northern party. This was
rendered difficult by the pack and by
billiards. Coasting. | sounded along
the greater part, within a quarter
mile Of the shore, between the Dry
galski Barrier and Cape Washington.
On February ! found the northern
party, and returned to Cape Royd.
and on the goth picked up the south
ern depot party at Hut Point.
Joyce reported that he had tray
elled south over hundred miles
without n sign of the southern par
ty Henceforward there were fire.
quent billiards.. On March / OBJ
served n hellograph on Hut Point,
and picked up Lieutenant Shackleton
and Wild. The former left the ship
the Same afternoon with n raIiof