Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-03-15

1 ran this Gay thirty-tive kflometers, the
ascent being $500 feet-an almost Ia.
credible record.
1t took us only four days from the
barrier to get up ON the vast inland
! plateau.
We camped that night at height OF
| 10000 feet. Here We had to kill "a
of our brave companions and keep Is,
six for each of our three sledges.
We stopped here four days on &C
| count OF bad weather. Tired of this,
| we set out on the 25th of November.
On the Goth, In furious blizzard
and in a dense snowdrift, absolutely
nothing was to be seen, but we felt
that, contrary to expectations, we
were going fast downhill. The hypso-
meter gave us that day descent of
| 900 feet.
Faces Frozen During Gale.
We continued our march the next
day in gale, and a dense snowdrift
got our faces badly frozen. We could
see nothing.
We reached that day Sc degrees
dead reckoning. The hypsometer in
dicated fall of 500 feet. The next
day was similar.
The weather cleared little at din
ner time and exposed to our view a
mighty mountain range to the east.
! and not far off, only for moment,
and then 1t disappeared in the dense
snowdrift.
On the 29th 1t Gained down. and
the sun shone, though 1t was not the
only pleasant surprise he gave US. In
our course stretched big glacier run
ming toward the south.
Discover Mountain Range.
At it's eastern end was the mountain
range going in southeasterly direc-
ton. OF the western part Of 1t no
view was to be had, it being hidden
in the dense fog.
At the foot of this glacier, the
DEVILS glacier, depot for six days
was established at 1921 degrees south
latitude. The hypsometer indicated
5000 feet above sea level.
On November 80 we began to climb
the glacier. The lower part of it was
much broken and dangerous. More
over. the snow bridges often. burst.
From our camp that night we had
splendid view over the mountain top
to the east
See Many Great Peaks.
There was "Helmer Nansen's sum-
nit" the most remarkable Of them all.
iorI
with such broken glaciers that in all
probability no foothold was to be
found. Oscar Wistings," "Sverre-
hasses," and "Oiav Hjanlands" noun
tains also lay here beautifully illu-
minated in the rays Of the bright sun.
In the distance only alternately
to be viewed in the fog appeared from
time to time Mount Nelson" with its
SUBMITS and peaks, about $1,000 feet
high. We only saw the nearest sur
roundings.
1t took us three days to surmount
the Devils glacier, always in misty
weather.
On the first Of December we left
this broken glacier, with holes and
crevices without number, with its
height of 9,100 feet. Before US, look
ing, in the mist and snowdrift, like
frozen sea, appeared light, sloping
ice plateau filed with small hum
mOcks.
Man and Dogs Fall in Sea.
The walk over this frozen sea was
not pleasant. The ground under us
was quite hollow, and it sounded as
though We We're walking on the bot
toms of empty barrels. AS it was, a
man fell through, with a couple Of
dogs. We could not use our skis on
this polished ice. Sledges had the
best of 1t.
This place got the name of the
Devils Dancing Room" This part of
our march was the most unpleasant
On December we got our greatest
height, according to the hypsometer
and aneroid, 1O,750 feet. at 81 de-
grees 40 minutes south.
On December we came out of the
bad weather. Once again the sun
smiled down on us. Once again we
could get an observation. Dead reck-
oning and observation were exactly
alike-SS degrees. SO minutes. 1876 sec,
onds south.
Before us lay an absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
with tiny sastrugi.
Establish Last Depot.
In the afternoon We passed SO de-
grees % minutes (Shackletons fur
thest south was SO degrees rs min
utes). We camped and established
our last depot, depot No. 10. From 81
degrees % minutes the plateau began
to slope down very gently and smooth
ly toward the other side.
On the 9Th of December we reached
SO degrees 80 minutes; ON December
10, SO degrees 56 minutes; December
IL, 80 degrees Is minutes; December
II. SO degrees 80 minutes; December
Is, SO degrees As minutes.
Up to this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remarka-
bly, well and we made out that We
ought to be at the pole on December
IA In the afternoon.
That day was a beautiful one-a
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