The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-03-12
Discoverer Of South Pole Plans
Return Voyage to Europe by
Way of Northwest Passage
Which He Located Himself.
No News Received From
Captain Scott.

Hobart, aSIndnid, haich o. S"p'
tain ROAD Amundsen, the Norwegian
explorer, who reports he reached the
south pole on December Ia last, is
the only member of the Antarctic *
pedition who has landed from the
Fran. Nobody is allowed to go on
board the vessel under any preteXt
whatsoever.
The explorer says he Is pleased
with the results of his expedition,
but otherwise maintains absolute ST.
lence on the subject.
Captain Amundsen intends to stay
here for few days. He will go 20
Australia then and give few lectures
there, afterwards departing for Eu-
rope by the circuitous route OF Bue-
nos Ayres, then around Cape Horn to
Bering straits and through the north
west passage. He expects to DRIFT
with the ice across the Arctic ocean
and to emerge at some point beween
Greenland and Spitzbergen.
Captain Amundseu denies having
telegraphed anything regarding Cap
tain Robert Scott or the British OK
petition.
London, March S.-While there Is
bitter disappointment everywhere
over the fact that Captain Robert
Scott, head of the British Antartic
expedition, has yet to report his quest
for the south pole, there is nowhere
anything but praise for the achieve
ment Of Captain ROAD Amundsen,
the Norwegian explorer, in locating
the southern axis of the earth.
No Word Received From Scott.
Not even an inkling of the present
whereabouts of Scott and his steam
er, the Terra Nova, has reached Lon
don, but the Englishman's agent in
New Zealand Is of the opinion that
he is still engaged in exploring and
scientific work and that he probably
may not be heard from for several
weeks.
That Captain Amundsen rad rea
ched the pole and planted the Nor
wegian colors there was confirmed
today in dispatches sent by him 70
Christiania. One of these dispatches
was addressed to King Frederick. Its
contents were not made known, but
another said:
pole reached, fourteenth seven
teenth December"
The two dates were taken to meai
that Amundsen had reached the pole
he sought December IA and remain
er there four days and those wh'
know the explorer well, especial!
Professor Mohn, the famous Norwe
gian meteroligist, expressed the be
lief that Amundsen during this pei
iod had made such observations an
calculations as would render impos
sible a controversy similar to tina
which arose out OF the Cook-Peer
north pole controversy.
Captain Amundsen and the Fran
are still at Hobart, Tasmania, but tn
explorer telegraphed here today tina
he would submit his charts and a
information concerning the discover
of the south pole as soon as possible
credence Given Claims.
The Norwegian public and scieI
lists and even the Royal Geograph
cal society Of Great Britain accepte
today unquallfiedly the statement
Amundsen that he had gained IN
pole and that he was the first ma
to do SO. Some local geographe'
declared 1t was possible that boz
Amundsen and Scott might have bee
within a mile of each other at u
earth's axis and yet not have know
of the presence of each other.
When Amundsen was asked toua
nv a local newspaper correspondel
at Hobart whether Scott reached III
pole, the correspondent says the
plorer declined to answer the que
ton yea or nay Englishmen MAJ
not vet given up the hope that SEQ
was also successful and they '"
hold to their belief until he reports
When the Fran came to anchor
Hobart, Amundsen was the only mel
Der of the expedition to con
ashore Such was the secrecy
which his work in the south W
shrouded that nobody was permitt
to board the vessel. Amundsen W
taciturn when newspaper men trl
to interview him, and aside from So
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