The Washington herald., 1909-03-24


later sailed Tor Lytteton. New Zealand.
Only lieut. shaekIetou landed there. for
the purpose OF sending OF a telegram
which announced rne result OF his ex-
pIorations.
story Of the Dash.
Following is Lieut. Shackelton-s DE-
scription of his final dash toward ths
pole;
The southern party. Adams. Marshall.
Wiid. and T. VIII four ponies and a sun
porting party consisting OF Sir palm
Brocklehurst and Nessrs. joyce 1Iars0r.
Armytage. and PriestIv. left Cane Pov5
on October .. 1873 We Ieft HUI Point
Novem5er 3 with ninety-one DAYS. pro-
visions We were held up on White
Island from N0veuber 5 for four 5svs
By blizzard The supporting psrtv re-
turned on November
Owing 20 the bad light among The ice
crevasses. Adams and a pony were nearly
lost We reached on Novenber = TIA
depot laid out n September IN latitude
f ls3f. longitude l5S east We took on a
. pony the maize and provisions PREVIOUSLY
left there, and commenced reducing our
/ daily rau0nz.
We uaversed south along meridian 1ss
I 0ver a varying surface. high ridges. and
mounds OF snow alternating with sof-
/ snow The ponies often sank % their
I bellies. IN latitude Sl-4 ve shot the po7v
/ Chinoman and made a depot OF OIL. bis
4 cult and pony meat
Attacked by snow BIIndness.
The remainder OF the pony meat Va
( took on 10 exc out our dried rat,ons q,
I Noveuber IS we reached the discover
+ expeditions soutbernmost latitude. The
surface vas now extremely soft. with
/ large Uudulations. The ponies were AZ
{ tackled with snow blindness. On Nover-
/ Der 2S the pony Grisi was shot We made
"a depo, n latitude SIS longitude 10
. The pony Ouan was shot on Novenbe- 81
. steering south and southeast. we were
+ now approaching a high range OF new
mountains. trenCiDE 20 the southeast We
found on December the barrier. fn+fr-
enead by great Pressure and the ridees
I Of snow and ice. turned into land we
I discovered a glacier 12f miles long and
Z approximately forty miles wide ruuuin-
in a south and sCgthWesterly direction
we started on December 20 ascerI
/ the glacier AZ latitude SIS longitude ~
( The glacier was hajly crevassed as the
( result of huge pressure. The surface on
/ December was SO crevsssed thar fr took
the whole day 70 fight our wav o. yards
/ on December the pony. Socks breaking
I through snow i5d. disappeared in a.
/ crsvass Of unknown depth. Tie swiueIe-
+ tree SnappinE. we saved Wild and the
sleigh. which was damaged The party
was now hauling weight of - pounds
Per man.
Fall Into CrevasSes.
/ The clouds disappearing on Decemher
is we discovered new mountain ranges
trending south and southwest Moving up
the glacier over the treache-ous snow
\ covering The c-evaSscs. We frequently reI
through. but were saved by our harness
and pulled out with the Alpine rope. A
second sleigh was badly damaged by
I kuife-edged crevasses.
similar conditions obtained on our way
I'D the glacier from December IS. when
( We reached an altitude Of $50 feet.
I In latitude N10 we made a depot. and
/ left everything tEe=e but our food. in
struments and camp equipment. and re-
d8ced rations 20 twenty ounces per man
daily
We reached. ON December IS. a plateau.
after crossing ice falls. az an altitude ~
90.9 feet. thence rising gradually in long
ridges 20 1880 feet.
/ Finishing The relay work, We discarded
our second sledge- There was A con
stant southern blizzard. wind and drift
ing snow. with the temperature ranging
from 81 20 60 degrees Of frost We lost
sight q the new mountains on December
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