The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-16

SCH uNTFylnB on in the sam. the next one. sa
 But on this march. by som.
 shift of feeling, this fear feIl ,' completely. The weather w.. but it gave me no uneasIness
 Before turned in took s, vatson which indicated our uoss' s9 degrees 25 minutes.
 A dense, lifeless pail bus,
 head. The horizon was blacs ~ ice beneath was a ghas,Iy X. white. with no relief--a strit,,.
 trast to the glimmering. msle of it over which we had been t''' ing for the previous four dau
 MERCURY GOES UP
 The going was even bette, m there was scarcely any snow m X hard. granular, last summers s,s' of the old foes. dotted with ths :. phire ise of the previous sumn.a lakes.
 A rise in temperature to l5 ds,,.. below reduced the friction a \, sledges and gave the dogs the ,. pearance of having caught the n,a, of the party. The more sprighty as as they went along with tightIy eut., tails. frequently tossed theIr bns with short, sharp barks and yelm
 In 12 hours we had made 10 nHu There was no sign of lead u 4, march.
 THE POLE AT LAST. l had now made my five mar,Ds and was in time for hasty noon \ servation through temporary hrat In the clouds, which indicted a position as s957. quote an snn from my journal some hours later The pole at last. The priHe three centuries. my dream and He for 20 years. mine at last l esnag bring myself to realize 1t It all seems so simple and comna place As Bartlett said when saFs'; back. when speaking of his being 2 these exclusive regions. which naue tai has ever penetrated before ' Is just like every day" Of course had my sensations lf''' made sleep impossible for hours af| spite my ntter fatigue-the sensalnH| of a lifetime; but l have no room ml them here.
 The nrst 30 hours at the pole Hss| spent in taking obserFaiions D z. ng some ten miles beyond our nnl and some eight miles to the Fleh \ [; in taking photographs. planting " iags. depositing my records. stildrH
 he horizon with my telescope V aossible land. and searcblng l0'
 racticable place to make soundn TEMPERATURE AT TOP OF woRL'
 Ten hours after our arrival a' 'Iouds clearcd before a light O's'''
 rom our left and from thai tlins " sil our departure in the afternoon Z April [ the weather was cloudless aAl fawIess.
 The minimum temperature dan' the 30 hours was 3S below, the nav mum l2.
 We had reached the goal, oul " return was still before us. t was sential that we reach the land Del0' the next spring tide, and we n~ strain every nerve to do this
 I had a brief talk with my ns' From now on it was to be a big lEass little sleep and a hustle every mlpu'
 We would try. I itold them, to doaa march on the return-.hat is, to a' and cover one of our norlhs" marches. make tea and eat u' luncheca in the igloos. then cover z other march, eat and sleep A hours. and repeat this daily.
 FAST TIME ON RETURN
 As a matter of fact, we nearly this. covering regularly on our re'u journey five outward marches in u'' return marches.
 Just as long as we could hola trail We could double our speeu, q we need waste no time in pu''a4 new igloos every day. 50 that iie '. We gained on the return lessenea < chances Of a gale destroylns track.
 Just above the eighty-sevenh pal Tel was region some fifty niles ' " which caused me considerable uDs' ness. Twelve hours of strong eas' ly, westerly, or northerly wlna w make this region an open sea :.
 In the afternoon of the 7th we s's ed on our return, having douo'e the dogs. repaired the sledees ", .. last time. and discarded all our sp' clothing to Tighten the loads.
 NO BOTTOM TO SEA-
 Five miles from the pole pa'a -, crack filled with recent ice' 'u'y, <, which we were able to work 7 ~ with q pickax, enabled me .o '''ss .sa, sounding. All my wire l,ooo 'a'p was sent down. but there Was " tom.
 In pulling up the wire par',a .a fathoms from the surface an " ssT Z, wire went to the bottom. o ,oa, reel and handle, Tightening 'ne .'se still further. We had no mofe v them now. ..t
 Three marches brought us 's sar, the igloos where the captain " { back. The last march was in s 's' ar sweep of a northerIy gale WI" m, ing snow and the ice roch'ns as we dashed over 1t.
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