The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-25
SOUTH POLE MANY
THOUSAND FEET HIGH

tHG 6b~ ] UtQtN
.lorfV prlfdo3 sPvc
was badly damaseh 81 Tie knife.like
tdse ol the ffhvasscs. bul We man
tged 20 retain our supplies
Abanacn 0asnau6.
Similar conditions obtained On en-.
Nhf np tie glacier from Deeember 9 d
ts Uu lhe latter day We reached an
altitude of c.s0o feet In illltuie IS
deelesa ID minutes seconds we made
q asnal and leii everything there 0sll
oul io0,f in1igumenia and ramp equip
ment ana reduces Cur fationa 70 TWEEN
Is aneaces per mah daily on the 2eih
sc geRcaei q plateau after crossing
le.6plds ai ,n alilsRde oi 9o00 feet
thence gradually rising IN Ions ridges
% l0hN feet Having .nilhed 9uf
ieiay work. We Discarded our se, al'l
Fledge.
ahere 2al now 6 constant blizzard
Of wind ENC drifting SNOW, with 2 TEN
esaiurl ol 60 degrees below gego
Finding that the party was beeom
weakened from the eilecii OF the short
silowanc of food. the rarlllei air and
the cold, declded 10 risk making o
depot an the plateau. on January 4
we proceeded with one tent. ulliizias
The poles or the second tern f1r guild
hg marks Tor our return Tho sur.
lacq noA became very soft ana the
blizzard continued for sixty hours
During January Z. b and The left
camp and reached latitude 1923. l0nHi'
luda iag easi lhis being ihc most
aOulaefly point eyer reached. Here
we hoislea The Union Jack preaenied
to us hy Her Majesty. the Queen
No mountains were visible ana We saw
culg q plain stretching 10 the South.
stsrs on Heturn Trip. .. .... .s..t.
"sNe then started on the return trim
70 pick up our depot Oh the plals1u
guided BIZ haSs attached 10 The ten,
goles
The hiEh winds which were now
10 our backs helped us io tray
81 fsom 20 10 80 miles daily and SO
teached The upper glacier tcp3, on the
ieih rhe SNOW had blown from the
surface of' ,hc elacie leavlns ohly
slippery blue lce. Nhieh presented the
gfpaie difficulties ~ the descent
rhls wfq sluN work. lndeed 10 the
heayy gale. Tile sledaes Were i1w
erred hy stages by mpana ci The Aipinr
ana xo followed aa hesl We coald ea'e
helua taken 10 hefa ilie guiding llnea
iaslenod and iaut
0n thr morning .. Jahnary Boz ouf
hood Was aulshod IL Was slow galng
sixieen miles we're eute ed ln lNcass
twa hours. as ne snuw was twelve
eet desp ANA there we're msny eos.
cealed clFFaaaes we reached llie i1M
pr glacier depot in lniiiude So 1egrees
und As mlnuloa. ga the altcu7on Ul
The 27ih Thcfr We obtained i1nd nnd
we're able 10 pf1eeea With creator
speed. We reached lha irlsl depot
NAMED ailer the dasd pony % Feb
Fuafs :. With no gnod remaining Will
WA saiFttlua from ayseulelys the ell
feegs cf the horse meai, and on Febft
uasY lhe entire party waa pfoSiratej
from The same disease and unable -
move. For eight days the men saf
tered. but our condition imployed anu
helpe by strong sousheriy bllxzarlsi
Rn managed 10 make ouf way lu CHM
man depot which wp reached on Feh
uafy ia The l0cd had agaln rnn ont
The blizzard continued With 30 Dc
gfees nf liOst. and Ne dl3cafted evefys
thing except our camp ouiil and geo
logical specimens. and on February
30 faached The next depot an our fnad
being Finished The Mea Winds we're
now accompanied hg an exceedingly
low temperature lha wlHa was beblna
MS and laree deys later We rama ~
sleht at lhe depot BI aina Blum. wHieh
had been laid ht iha Joyce parts IN
lanHaIy Here Wa received news Itom
the aliip Marshal had q relapse aua
q return on the gsenlery, bai. II
lhanga hp auHerad 8feaily we mad
Ii i0geed mareh 81 gNenlyilur hours.
He was unable % 30 beyond thll, sfsl
On the 9th left him ID camr In
charge oi Adams aud wild ana nlade
uu0sher forced maFeh 10 lhe ahiu far
relief. On March 9r8 returned With
d rulief parly and All reached the sala
1T Hut point on March IN 4 blizzard.
sThe main results Of the expedition
,Are good geological collection We
dlseoYeled eight distinct mountain
taages and more than hundred moab
ialns We surveyed end photographic
many glaciers and leun slgna u Iog
mef great gllrlali0H. rhe aOulh pole
Il doubtless Situated Oh q plateau las
uua TO li.00o feet abuYs the sen .evul
The new mountains attitudes fanse
from $3.50 10 l2.eeo feet apprcSina els
The eloieai hllzzeEas IN laiilude a1
degrees ghoa laal Il the ao.talled Fal
ar calm EXISTS 1t musi b1 III small pf0
portion 81 not aonsstant with the ghe
logical pdlc'
nriehf summarlzed. the results 81
tie expedition ere that poInl Wi
reeehed within III miles Of the soasa
F0.e. iae masnetle pole was else
reaeees eight muunlaia chairs wefe
l.seavn ed tna lV9 faaenialna, Maunt
ffshsf. 1880 feet III alilludn Wa
aseeaded hS lhe EaFig; new eesse
aud kigh mountains we're local q lun
Ming spsl from fleiaFia Land an. he
the ss 81 the existence Of nn area ii
atmospheric calm anuand Tie South
aDiH Naa dlaprayed