Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-04-05
POLAR PERILS
TOLD BY SCOTT
British Explorer Relates Thrill
ing Narrative of Expedi-
ton in Antarctic.
ESCAPES DEATH MANY TIMES
whole Camp Floats Away on Drift Ice
Party Falls Into crevasse-Doss
and Ponies Perish-Sends Word
Back as He Stars
Final Dash.

Special Notice.-Captain Robert F.
Senft's narrative of his explorations IN
Ire Antarctic. published below, was Issued
bv New York Times company yesterday
ss book duly entered for copyright and
nliblicly exposed for sale, the same being
re irst publication anywhere in the
world It's production in this newspaper
l. Of course duly authorized. Its repro
auction elsewhere in the United States In
any form except by permission from the
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Title under which the narrative is
copyrighted: capt. Scott's Story-Trying
FSperiences-M Miraculous Escapes-Dar-
ing Winter perations-Valuable Scientific
7Vork-First Antarctic Telephone Installed
Motor Sledges Did Good Work-Cinema-
soeraph Records Taken Expedition Stead
III Approaching Pole When Last Heard
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don.
Akaroa, New Zealand--Li
Pennell, commander of the Terra Nova
of the British antarctic expedition of
1910, which arrived here, brought with
him a long and intensely interesting
account Of the work and experiences
of the expedition up to January last,
written expressly for the New York
Times by Capt. Robert f. Scott, the
leader of the expedition.
Captain Scott will remain another
year In the antarctic to complete his
important scientific expedition and
with the hope of attaining the pole.
Captain Scott relates a story of
frightful experiences in which he and
most of his party narrowly escaped
death; the story is plainly told, but
pictures to mems minds adventures
such as few have passed through. At
one time Captain Scott found his camp
floating away, the plaything OF the
moving broken foes.
This striking story begins with the
expedition in winter quarters at Nc
Murdo sound in October, 1911. They
returned there on October 80 and rest
ed, after most unlucky start south
ward, in which they lost most of their
dogs and Manchurian ponies, upon
which, next to his motor sledges,
Scott had placed most dependence.
Scott says.
Shortly after the departure from
Cape Evans of the party who were es-
tablishing depots for the journey
south the ice broke south OF the cape,
severing communication. Because OF
the heavy weight which had to be
transported to the depots, the party
consisting of twelve men, eight ponies
and two dog teams, occupied until
January 80 in establishing the base
camp on the ice barriers near Hut
Point.
Has Narrow Escape.
The surface of the snow was soft.
The work was terribly hard for the
ponies and heavy blizzard. which
lasted three days, was further Sc
we're trial for the animals, which were
not in good condition.
"On February we proceeded south,
marching at night and resting in the
daytime. The weather was exception
ally bad, but the surface of the ice
improved. Nevertheless three of our
ponies which were caught in a biz
zarG succumbed. On February 16 we
reached 791a degrees of latitude,
south, and there we determined to
make depot. to leave ton of stores
ana return to the base camp, and we
uia so with the dog teams.
But on the way the entire party
Ieil into crevasse except Mears and
l. ". ii. Mears was In charge of the
uogs and ponies.) He and l were on
me sledge, which was miraculously
ned up on part of bridge over the
creVasse on which we were travelling.
me two dog teams hung by the har-
ness and We're extricated with difficult
y. Some We're badly injured.
after our arrival at the camp the
storm ragged for three days. The
enormous accumulation of snow, car
RED here and there by the wind, baf-
heo all efforts that we made to shell
yer the ponies by building walls of
snow So We decided to return to
nut Point, seven miles away. | re-
NAMED behind with two others to
save one pony which was suffering
rom the blizzard. On nearing Hut
Folht the others of the party encoun-
cred cracks in the ice which were
"orklng and enlarging. Hastily they
lnarcned south four miles. At half
pa. past Tour in the morning they found
'uat the sea ice had broken all around
aIu mat the camp was moving under
neaVy sea swell. One pony vanished
- crack from the line where they
"au been picketed With infinite diff
'ui'y we dragged the ponies. jumping