El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-07
SCOTT REACHES
THE SOUTH POLE
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the Andes range running southwark
through South America
Debarks Near Mount Erebus

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the Andes range running southwark
through South America.
Debarks Near Mount Erebus.
At the turthermOst point of Ross
Sea, Capt Scott debarked his party
from his ship, the Terra Nova. At this
point stand the great volcano, Mount
Erebus, from which rises constantly
great volume CT steam 1t is one Of the
dread localities Of the antarctic to
which navigatOrs have given the
name Of Terror Bay, for here NOrden-
eskiold's ship, the Antarctic, was
crushed in the ice. Back Of this bay
the steam-wrapped volcano stands out
like a sentinel against the ice covered
mountain range stretching southwark
Capt Scott made his first winter
quarters on the slope Of the noun
talns and there remained until NOvem-
Der, 1911. 1t was then that his dash
began HIS plan was TO cover the re-
naming distance by the end Of Deem
Der and then Immediately about face
and make the dash back again
he had placed his reliance not only
on his equipment OF food, but score
of ponies, % dogs and one motor
sledge. he designed TO use this Sledge
in making rapid progress over the
comparatively level stretches Of the
foothills.
Due allowance was made for the
death of ponies and dogs the steady
depletion OF stores and the loss of VI
tslity of the party making up tns
expedition
no motor sledges. as his experience
led him TO place all his reliance on 81
berian dogs.
Three Oothers in Race.
The three other competitors In the
race were Lieut. William F1tchner. OF
the general staff of the German army
Lieut.. y Shirase, OF the japanese
navy, and DR.. Douglas Mawson, rep
resenting Australia
Lieut.. Fitchner followed largely the
plans of Dr.. hansen and sailed on the
the steamer Deutschland on october
last. He is a daring explorer, having
been one of the first TO reach Lhasssi'
in Tibet and much confidence was lelL
in him BY the Geographical society OF
Berlin
The Japanese explorer followed the
Shacbleton route into Ross Sea, ouJ
returned to Sydney, Australia IN ISL
TO repair damage done IN Terror b'ly;
His second start was not mace unlA
November last, so tnat ne Is ralAel DS
hind in the race
DR.. Mawson. the Australian took
his route from the harbor OF HOBART
Tasmania, aboard the little snip Auro-
IA, and took the land route 10 the cast
of Ross Sea
out OF the World Many Months.
These five men and their parties
were out Of sight Of the world Iot
many months. until the urSI ruHloI
came Yesterday. with the conflrmaJory
report that Amundsen had returned
and had brought word that his lead
ing opponent had reached the coveted
goal
From geographical and scientific
standpoint. the discovery Of the South
pole, while q mOmentOus event has
not the same feature Of Importance
and danger a s relate to the North pole.
The quest for the latter has been
through great fields of open water and
floating Ice, whereas the South pole IS
situated on land
Scores Of navigators have perished
in the quest for the North pole, but
relatively few in trying TO reach the
South pole. The problem has not been
one Of reaching the pole over floating
ice. but OF passing rapidly over the
snow covered foothills of the mountain
range and terrifying glaciers
Amundseu Failed TO Land.
L is said on good authority. accord
ing TO a special dispatch received here
today from Christiania, Norway, that
Can't Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian
explorer and leading rival of capt
Scott did not reach the South pole
SAYS AmunSzen Reached Pole.
Copenhagen. March THE Soclal
DemOrkraten publishes a dispatch from
Christiania saying that private indl-
vfdual in that city has received -tele-
gram from the Fran expedition tnat
: r,-1u6sen reached the South pole