Marble Hill press., 1912-03-14

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Hobart. Tasmania Gu the 10th
ot February. 1911. 80 commenced
Go work our way tosard the south,
from that day 20 the il,h of April
.s,ablishlng three dsposs. which
in all contained . quantity Of pro,is
ions Of abou, a.o0s kilos one thou
sand siI hundred kllos. Including
LEO kilos % seal neat were cached
IN 10 degrees. 200 kilos In ~ degrees
aud sop kiloa In ~ degr~. south lat
iiade.
As no landmarks were TO BE- seen.
these d~po,s acre marked with aags
seven kllcm~,srp on each side In the
sastsriy and westerly direc,ioas The
ground and the state % the barrier
we're % tho best and specially well
adapted to driving wi,h dogs On
February rs. 80 bad thus Travelled
sboat loo kflomslcrs The aviEht of
the sicdscp uas 80 klios. aud the
number Of dogs Vas air Zoe each
slsdEe Tho surface ~ the barrier
vss smooth and hac Wl,h 90 sas,ruEi
The esvyicra wcre vssy Local and
wVrv found dangerous In only tao
Tlaess For the rvst. luuG. smnoth
UhdH.ationA
The Weather vas eXcelisnt calm or
a ueht hrr.ss Tho ,"mpefA,ure on
thsts depo, trips was niaus IS Cel
siua os Csntigrade tts dcgrc~s below
sefa Tahrehhci'l ON the cen a'
Mss~N. ca our return from the nFsi
trp t-vEiuninG oa tho 18th q Fcb
rI.s ~ toand oat TIA, The FRAN
had Ateeady lrtt us wrh prtde and
deilshl wo heard that her smart cap
tsla had sucrr-ioi IN salliHE her
farthesi sou,h aud there hoistins the
eolass ~ BE cpuptry 4 Fiorious mo
peat fof him snd his comrades hs
fafthes, naTth and The iatthest south
GocI cid FRAN The highest south
htnnde attained vas Ss degrees uT
falaases
WIstsr on ,hs tee Barrier
uefore the arrival ~ winier SO bad
e.ssa klios ~ seal n1cAt in the depo,s,
enough tpF ourselves and TIC dogs
f.tehs tos houses. combination Of
teuts and snuw hu's aere built.
Havlnx care for The d0xs. the turn
came to u.s. nuy solid h'tic hu, Il
~as zlraast cuiirrly covered with
snaw by the middle o. APRIL FIRST
We TAD to ge, usA, and air The I.a'
lAmp. whHh had 4 p0wcr Of sto stand
Ayi candies. gave us brilliant tghi
And kept The temperature up 10 u
degrees Celains tsS degrees FahFpa
hsifl thronEbSn, the winter. and oa
excellent venlilatina system gave Vi
al The air uc wanted
IA direct communication wtth th'
tas and duEoui "a the barrier w~r'
woFk.hops. packing rooms, cellars to'
provisions. coal. wesA and oil p'asg
bath. a steam bath ard ebs@rvasossws
Thna wn had everything within d0or'
~ th~ weather should be too cold sn'
stormy
The sun iest us On 'hs ssad OF ArTi
and dIa not return until four month
later Ths wlu,sr Was spent Il
changing car whole outht. Shssh Of
che dep~t trips waA found 10 be in'
clumsy and solid for the smooth sHr
face AZ she barrier besides this. q
reuch scientific work as possible ~~
done. ard some astonishing meSeorc
logical observations were taken,
Open wa,er An Winter.
There was very little snav, an
there was opcu water close b
,srpughou, the winter For the sam
reason higher temperature had bee
expected. but I, remained very lev.
In fvs months there were oes"rv"
temperatures between minus No an
"a degrees Celsius tSs and ~ d
wvcms below Eero FehrruhefN, tn
loves, temperature ON ih" 18Th 9
August bsing minus 81 degrees Ce
xtps vas then calm On the Is
=, August the temperature was m'nu
Es degrees Celsius. and there wer
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