Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-02

motors. The only cause was the overheat-
Ing OF the air-cooled engines.
The machines dragged heavy loads over
the worst part OF the barriers surfaces
and crossed several crews sses. Consider
ing he inadequate trial given to them,
their success has been remarkable. With
the experience We have gained relia BILE
traction cars could be constructed which
could travel anywhere in this region
and thus save the sacrifice of so many
animals.
Z On December 10 we were In latitude 1881
south. AS we proceeded the weather grew
worse. The snowstorms were frequent,
land was rarely visible. 1t was difficult
70 Keep a straight course and maintain
steady marches. We came within twenty
miles OF Mt. Hope on December 4. Then
We were delayed for four days by a gale,
during which We were occupied continually
In digging the ponies out of the snow.
To my knowledge no such long storm has
ever been recorded In December in these
regions, we. could not have advanced at
al had not the leading pony worn snow
shoes and been hauled along by men on
skis. It took fourteen hours for us to
90 eight miles.
Hard Marching and Long Hours.
Then we came through the pass and de-
scended on Debmet Glacier, the men sink
Ing to their knees in the soft snow. 1
the base. They are In good condition., but
they cannot keep up with the hours that
we are working.
~ ocNCitlDtf IL, III lHttluup SO.I, we Wef0
four miles west OF Mt, Darwin. Ii is
very difficult to proceed because of the
soft snow The runner surface of the
sledges was inadequate. Often they sank
gled through this icy morass at the rate
of five miles a day. 1t was difficult even
to pitch a camp or to load the sledges on
such a surface. This portion of the gla-
cier contains more crevasses than any
other.
On January 3. latitude S7.s2. after Ieav-
tpHr Tho annnar oIaafnp Iapnf enr1kA %rnrn
Mount Darwin, we started southwest, but
could not clear the ~ereyasses. But on the
fourth day, because We were at such an
altitude we got a splendid view of the
distribution Of the land and OF the masses
of ice that fringed 1t and of the arrange
ment of the ice falls. Since then we have
averaged fifteen miles a day.
On Christmas Day we were close to the
eighty-sixth parallel. On New Years Eve
we were in latitude 1866. There we fitted
our sledges with new shorN runners; THIS
by the seamen of the party under the most
adverse circumstances.
We are now within. EO. miles OF the pole.
I am going forward with five men, send
ing. three back under Lieutenant Evans
with these data.
The advance party consists OF myself,
Captain Gates. Of the installing Dragons,
In charge of the ponies and mules: Lieu
tenant Bowers, Of the Royal Indian Ma
rines, the commissariat office, and Petty
Officer Evans, OF the royal navy, In charge
OF the sledges.
The party has a months provisions. It's
chances of success seem good. It was DIFF
hcult to choose the advance party, as
everybody was fit and able to go forward.
Those who return are naturally much dis
appointed. Everyone has worked his hard
est On the whole the weather on the
plateau is pretty good. The sun has never
deserted us, but the temperatures have
been low. It is now minus 20. The winds
are constant and this has undoubtedly i'm
proved the surface OF the snow. It is more
than probable that no further news WIFI be
received from US this year, as our return
will be necessarily late.