The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-24
DANGERS BRAVED BY EXPLORERS IN
 SEARCH FOR POLE
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with one tent, utilizing the poles of the second tent for guiding marks for our re- turn. The surface now became very soft and the blizzard continued for 60 hours During January :, and the wind blew at 70 miles an hour, with 72 degrees of frost. It was impossible to move. and members of the party were frequently frost-bitten in their sleeping bags.
 Union Jack Holsted.
 On January we left camp and reached latitude S8.23, longitude, 1e2 east, this being the most southerly point ever reached Here we hoisted the union jack, presented to us by her majesty the Queen. No mountains were visible and we saw only plain stretch ing to the south. We then started on the return trip to pick up our depot on the plateau, guided by our outward tracks, for the flags attached to the tent poles had been blown away.
 "The high winds which were now blowing at our backs helped us to travel from 20 to 30 miles daily, and we reached the upper glacier depot on the nineteenth. The snow had been blown from the surface of the glacier, leaving only slippery blue ice, which presented the greatest difficulties In the descent. This was slow work, in deed, In the heavy gale. The sledSes were lowered by ropes
 "On the morning of January 26 our food was finished. It was slow going. Sixteen miles were covered in 22 hours march, as the snow was two feet deep and there were many concealed crevasses. We reached the lower glacier depot In latitude S3 AS on the. afternoon of the twenty seventh. There we obtained food and were able to proceed with greater speed. We reacher the 'grisi depot'-named after the dead pony-on February ?, with no food remaining. Wild was suffering from dysentery, the effects of the horse meat. and on February 4, the entire party was prostrated from the same disease and unable to move. For eight days the men suffered, but our condi- tion improving and helped by strong southerly blfzzards we managed to make our way to Chnaman depot which we reached on February IS. The food had again run out.
 Everything Discarded.
 "The blizzard continued with 50 de- grees of frost and we discarded ev- erything except our camp outfit and geological specimens and on February 20 reached the next depot, all our food being finish ed. The high winds were now
 
 temperature, but they were behind us and three days later we came in sight of the depot on Minna Bluff, which had been laid by the Joyce party in January. Here we received news from the ship. Marshal had a relapse and a return of the dysentery, but though he suffered greatly, we made forced march of "A miles. He was unable to go beyond that and on the twenty I, 1aFt h ypat In. .ot ft,n nIa rQa cf Adams, while Wild and l made another forced march to the ship for relief. On March 8 I returned with a relief party and all reached the ship at Hut Point on March in a blizzard. The total distance of the journey, includ ing relays, was 170S miles and the time occupied 126 days.
 ",The main results of the expedition are a good geographical calculation. We discovered eight distinct mountain ranges and more than hundred noun tains. We surveyed and photographed many glaciers and found signs of former greater glaciation. The south pole is doubtless situated on plateau, 10000 to 11,000 feet above the sea level The new mountain attitudes range from 5000 to 12.000 feet approx imately.
 "The violent blizzards in latitude SS degrees show that if the so-called Polar calm exists 1t must be small in area or not coincident with the geo. graphic pole."