Marble Hill press., 1912-03-14

south. On the i7th OF November. at
Sc degrees. We arrived at n place
where the land aud barrier were con-
nscted. This was done without any
great difficulty. The barrier here
rises undulated TO about 800 feet
Some few big creyices indicated the
limited boundary.
Leaves 30 Days Provisions.
Here. we made our head depot. TAX
ing provisions for sixty days on
sledges. and leaving thirty days pro
visions on the spot.
The land under which We lay and
which We now had 10 attack looked
quite imposing The nearest SUBMITS
along the barrier had a height from
1000 TO 10000 feet. but several others
further south were $1,000 feet or
more.
The next day We began the climb,
The hrst part Of II Was an easy task
light stops and we'll nlled mountain
sides II did not take long time. for
our willing dogs worked their way up.
Further up. Ne met with some small
but very steep glaciers Here We had
to harness 20 dogs TO each sledge and
take the -four siedges Ia two turns.
IN some places. II Was - steep that
Il was difficult enough to Use our
skis
Some big creviceS forced us from
time TO time To make detonrs. The
arEt day we climbed 2,oo0 feet, the
next day mostly up some small gla
eisrs. camping at height OF 600
feet The third day We we're obliged
20 go down ON a highly glacier. 'Axel
Helbefgs Glacier" which divided
the coast mountains and the noun
ialns further south
camped Between Two Mountains
The next day began the longest
part Of Nur climb Many detours had
/ To be made In order to avoid broad
cracks aud open creyices These
were apparently mostly nlled up. ~
the glaciers In all probability had
long ago stopped moving. but We had
To BE- very careful. never knowing for
certain hoW thick Vas IN" layer that
covered them our camp that night
lay In very picturesque surroundings
NJ height of 5000 feet The Elacier
here was narrowed In between the
tao Is 900 feet hlgh mountains. the
"Fridtyof Nanreu" and the Don Pc
dro Chris,opherson Prom the bot
tom of the glacier rose Mount "Ole
cnElesiad"-a big snow cone 1850
Zee; high
The glacier was very much broken
in this comparatively narrow pass
The mighty cr-yicrs seemed 20 stop
us from going further. but it was not
80 serious, as :, appeared our dogs
Shlch 40 20 this time bad covered
distance OF abou, 1000 kilometcrs. the
last day severe hagd work ran thh
day . kilomet~rs. the ascent beius
k.6nO feet. al almost incredible rec
ord.
II took Us only four days from n,
barrier TO get up on the vast INLAND
plateau
We camped that uight at helgh
of 10000 fec, Here Ne had TO XII
twenty four Of our brave companions
land keep eighteen, ak for each o
our three Slrdges,
In BilExard -Four Days.
We stopped here four days on ae
count ~ bad weather We set out ~
the sSth ~ November, In a furious
hliafard. aud In a dense snow drift
Absolutely nothing vas 10 be- seen
bat We felt that. contrary to eVpecta
Itloux W. we're going fast do@l hill
The hypsometev gave as fall Of 500
feet
The next day was similar The
weather cleared little at dinner
time ara exposed 20 our vlew
mighty mountain range to the east
and not far on. only Tor a moment
and then Il disappeared In the dense
snow drift On the gatl. Il Gained
down and the sun shone, though 4
vas not the only pleasant surprise ht
, gave In our course stretched Oh.
, glacier running ,owar,! the south Al
its eastern end was the mountain
range going ia southeastern airec
. ton. Of the western part oi it NJ
. xlew Was 10 be had, Il being bidder
! In the dense fog AZ the foot Of thu
glacier. the Devils Glacier, a depot
for six days. was established at st2
. degrees south latitude The hypso
meter Indicated 5000 feet above set
, leyel ON November 90 We began e
ciimb the glacier The lover part o
IL was very much broken and danger
Gus Moreover, the snow bridge
/ very often burst From our camj
; that night we had SPLENDID r'eV
, over the mountain TO the east Their
. was "Helner Hansen's Hummtt. III
4 most remarkable OF them all II wa
, $4,000 feet high. and covered VIII
: such broken glaciers that, In all prot
/ ability. no foothold was to be fonnc
, Oscar Wlstings." "Syerre hassels,
4 and 'Olav Hjanlsnd" mountains ais
!. lay here, beautiful illuminated in tn
!. rays Of the bright sun
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