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in the dense fog. Al the foot OF this
glacier, the "Devils Glacier" depot
or six days was established at 1921
degrees south, latitude. The hypso-
meter indicated 5000 above sea level
A Splendid Mountain View.
On Nov. 80 we began to climb the
glacier. The loGer part of 1t was
very much broken and dangerous.
Moreover the snow bridges very Of
ten burst. From our camp that night
we had splendid view over the
mountain to thu east. rnere was
-Helmar Hansen's Summit" the most
remarkable Of them all II was 10000
feet high and covered with such bro
ken glaciers that in all probability
no foothold was to be found. Oscar
Wistines" 'Sverre Hassels" and
"Olav Hjanlands" mountains also lay
here, beautifully illuminated in the
rays of the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternate.
ty to be viewed in the fog. appeared
from time to time Mount Nielsen"
with its SUBMITS and peaks about
$1,000 feet high. We only saw the
nearest surroundings. 1t took us
three days to surmount the devils
glacier. always in misty weather.
On the lst of December we left
creVices without number with its
height of 9,lO0 feet. Before us, look
Ing In the mist and snowdrift'like
frozen sea appeared light, sloping
ice plateau, filled with small hum
mocks. The walk over this frozen
sea was not pleasant. The ground
under us was quite hollow and II
sounded as though we were walking
on the bottoms of empty barrels, AS
It was a man fell through. then a
couple OF dogs. We could not use
our skis on this polished Ice. Sledges
had the best OF 1t. The place got the
name OF Devils Dancing Room"
This part of our march was the most
unpleasant. On Dec. 9th we got our
! greatest height. according to the hyp'
someter and aneroid, 10,750 feet at
81 degrees 40 minutes south. On Dec.
| oth wv NoilC out VA thO bah WVo'hSh'
Once again the sun smiled down on
us. Once again we could get an OBJ.
servaticn. Dead reckoning and obser.
walton were exactly alike--TSS degrees
8S minutes 1875 seconds south.
Before us lay an absolutely plain
plateau. only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugi.
/ thn Of naQoad 90 Aa.
grees 23 minutes (Shackleton's far
thest south was Ss degrees % min
utes). We camped and established
our last depot, depot No. 10. From
80 degrees 25 minutes the plateau
began to slope down very gentle and
smoothly toward the other side.
On the 9th OF December We reach
ed ss degrees SO minutes. On Dec.
10th S8 degrees SO minutes; Dec, 11th
so degrees is minutes; Dec. 18th, 80
degrees 30 minutes; Dec. Is. s9 de-
grees 45 minutes. ~
Up to this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remark
ably we'll and We made out that we
ought to be at tho pole on Dec. l4th
In tho afternoon.
The Pole Attained.
That day was a beautiful one--a
light breeze from southeast, the tenn
perature % celsius (9.i degrees be-
low zero fahrenheiD and the ground
and sledging were perfect. The day
went along as usual and at 3 p. m
We made halt According to our
reckoning we had reached our desti
nation. All OF us gathered around
the co!ors a beautiful silk hag--all
hands taking held of 1t and planting
It. The vast plateau on which the
pole Is standing got the name OF the