Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14
grees dead reckoning. The hypsome
for indicatad q foil of SOO foot


grees dead reckoning. The hypsome,
ter Indicated a fall of 800 feet.
The next day was similar. The
weather cleared a little at dinner
time and exposed to ON view a mighty
mountain range to the east and not
far off, only for a moment, and then
it disappeared in the dense snow
drift. Ga the 29th it Gained down
and the sun shone, though it was not
the only pleasant surprise he gave. In
Il course stretched a big glacier run.
ming toward the south. At it's east.
ern end was the mountain range go.
ing in a southeasterly direction. OF
the western part of it nc view was to
be had, it being hidden in the dense
fog. At the foot of this glacier, the
Devils Glacier a depot for six days
was established, at 1921 degrees south
latitude. The hypsometer indicated
5000 feet above sea level.
SPLENDID MOUNTAIN VIEW.
On Nov. so We began to climb the
glaciers, and on the 9Th Of Decem.
Der We got our greatest height, &C.
cording to the %hypsometer and ane.
roid 10,75O feet, at 81 degrees 40 min
utes south. On Dec. s 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, 1870
seconds south. Before us lay an alb
solute plain plateau, only here and
there marked with a tiny sastrugi.
In the afternoon we passed SO de-
grees % minutes (Shackleton's furth.
est south was So degrees Is minutes)
We camped and established our last
depot, depot No. 10. From SO degrees
rs minutes the plateau began tt
slope down very gently and smoothly
toward the other side.
On the next day we reached g.
degrees 80 minutes, on Dec. 10 SO de
grees Sc minutes, Dec. II SO degrees
Is minutes, Dec. II SO degrees 80 min
utes, Dec. IS SO degrees As 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 the pole on Dec. IA.
That day was a beautiful one
light breeze from southeast, the tenn
perature minus % celsius (29.4 degrees
below zero ~Fahrenheit) and tn
ground and sleighing were perfect
The day went along as usual and a
3 p. m. we made a halt. According t,
our reckoning we had reached GU
destination. All of us gathered arount
the colors--a beautiful silk fag-al
hands taking hold of it and planting it
IN HONOR OF HAAkoN.
The vast plateau on which the pol
is standing got the name of the "Kini
Haakon VII. Plateau" It is a vas
plain, alike in all directions, mile afte
mile.
In the fine weather we spent the TO
lowing day taking a series of observe
tons from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m. The re
suit gave us SO degrees IS minutes.
In order to observe the pole a
close as possible we travelled, as nea
south as possible, the remaining min
kilometers.
l On Dec. 18th there we camped.
was an excellent opportunity. Their
was a brilliant sun Four Of us too
: observations every hour of the day
t~wenty-four hours. The exact resu
will be the matter of a profession:
! private report.
!, On Dec. II everything was in orde
, on the spot. We fastened to til
: ground a little tent we had brougi
: along, a Norwegian flag and the Fra
, pennant on the top of it. The Norw
gian home at the South pole VIZ
{ called "Polheim."
- The distance from our winter qua
- tiers to the pole was about 1,400 xii
:, meters. The average march a de-
was twenty-five kilometers.
4 We started on the return trip on tt
4 18th of December, Unusually favorab
n weather made our way home conside
ably easier than the journey to Il
!. pole. We arrived at our winter qua
tiers, "~Framheim," on Jan. %, 191
"a with two sledges and eleven dogs, {
well. ROALD AMUNDSEN.