The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-14

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Hobart, Tasmania. -- On the 10th
Of February, 1911. We commenced
e. work our way toward the south
from that day to the 18th of April
establishing three depots, which
IN all contained quantity of provis.
ions OF about 1000 kiiog. One thou.
sdnd six hundred kilos. including
100 kilos of seal meat. were cached
~ so degrees. 700 kilos in 81 degrees
and 500 kilos in 81 degrees south lat
itude.
As no landmarks were to be seen,
these depots were marked with flags
seven kilometers on each side in the
easterly and westerly directions. The
ground and the state OF the barrier
were OF the best, and specially well
adapted to driving with dogs On
February Is. We had thus travelled
about 100 kilometers The weight of
the sledges was 300 kilos, and the
number Of dogs was six for each
slodge. The surface of the barrier
was smooth and fine with no sastrugi.
The crcvlces were very local and
were found dangerous in only two
places For the rest, long, smooth
calculations.
The weather was excellent, calm or
n light breeze The temperature on
hsg ri ,it,n
sIus or CentlGrade 49 degrees below
zero FahrenhciD. On the 4th of
March, on our return from the first
trip. beginning on the 18th OF Feb
rls,'n Ne found out that the FRAN
had already left us With pride and
delight we heard that her smart cap.
tain had succeeded in sailing her
farthest south and there hosting the
colors Of his country. a glorious mo-
mcnt for him and his comrades--the
farthest north and the farthest south.
Good old Fran. The highest south
latitude attained was rs degrees All
minutes
Winter on the Ice Barrier.
htlblf lllt dIIlNui VI winter VIZ Hau
5000 kllos of seal meat in the dcpots
enough for ourselves and 10 dogs.
Eight dog houses, n combination OF
teuts and snow huts, were built
Having care for the dogs, the turn
came to use our sold little hut. II
was almost entirely covered Nth
snow by the middle of April First
we had to get light and air The Lux
lamp, which had power of 200 stand
ard candles, gave us q brilliant light
and kept the temperature up to 20
degrees Celsius (6S degrees Fahren.
hciO throughout the winter. and our
excellent ventilation system gave us
all the air we wanted.
In direct communication with the
nut and dug-out on the barrier were
workshops, packing rooms, cellars for
provisions. coal, wood. and oil. n plain
bath. steam bath and obseryatories.
Thus we. had everything within doors
II the weather should be too cold and
stormy
The sun left us on the 22nd Of April
md did not return until four months
later The winter was spent In
changing our whole outfit, which on
che depot trips was found to be too
clumsy and solid for the smooth sur
face Of the barrier Besides this, as
much scientific work as possible Was
done. and some astonishing mcteoro.
logical observations were taken.
Open Water All Winter.
There was very little snow. and
there was open water close by
throughout the winter For the same
reason higher temperature had been
expected, but It remained very low
In FIVE months there were observed
temperatures between minus so and
co degrees Celsius t5S and 7G de.
Crees below zero FahrenheiD. the
lowest temperature on the 18th OF
August bring minus SO degrees Gel
slus. II was then calm. On the LIST
CO August the temperature was minus
rs degrees Celsius, and there were