The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-08
SOUTH POLE
REALLY FOUND
CAPTAIN SCOTT. ENGLISH Ex.
PloReR, REACHES FARTHEsT
SOUTH
RIVAL 10 First TO Bring News OF Sue
eessful Quest Back to
Civilization.


the receiving OF n statement here to !
day from Amundson. the Norwegian |
explorer. from Wellington. New Yea
land. addressed to the Daily Express. !
conveying the intelligence
The cable dispatches from New !
Zealand announcing that Captain Scott |
had found the south pole comes as a
startling climax to the race which Ave !
explorers OF different nationallties
have been making 10 reach this last
extremity OF the undiscovered portion
OF the globe
Started In 1910.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott started
on his expedition from Port Chalmers,
New Zealand. on November 90. 1910.
lie was well equipped for this dash
for the farthest south. having made a
previous expedition under the direc-
ton OF the Royal Geographical society.
At that time he obtained record OF
- degrees 30 minutes, which remain
ed the record up To the time OF Lieut..
Shackleton's notable exploit Shackle
ton pushed further south and in 1907
reached SIS degrees 81 minutes or
RSout loo miles from the south pole.
This remained the record and inspired
the hardy navigators OF many nations
10 attempt the eliminating feat OF
reaching the pole itself
Captain Scott took the route by
way of Australia and New Zealand.
lie sailed duo south into Ross Sea, a
great stretch OF water reaching to-
ward the South Pole. His chief COM
petitor in this dash was Captain
Doald Amundsen. who is commission
I'd by the King Of Norway and the
Norwegian government.
Amundsen chose the route by way
Of South America. as against Scott
and three others who went by the
Australian route. Amundsen left
Buenos Aires on board the steamer
Fran toward the close of 1910. lie
passed through the Straits of Magel-
Ian and then steered for Ross Sea. the
same sheet OF water which Scott had
gained by way OF the New Zealand
and Australian route. Captain Scott
planned TO follow the same land trail
that Shackleton had taken. This IS
along mountain range. thought to be
an extension OF the Andes range run
ming southwark through South Amer
lea
At the farthermost point OF Ross
Sea Captain Scott debarked his party
from his ship. the Terra Nova. I'm.
mediately az the point OF debarkation
stands out the great volcano. Mount
Erebus. from which rises constantly
a great column ~ steam. II "a one
~ the dreaded localities OF the Ant
arctic. 10 which navigators have given
the name OF Terror Bay. for here Nor.
denskield's ship. the Antarctic. was
crushed in the ice. Back of this bay
the steam wrapped volcano stands out
ike a sentinel against the ice-covered
mountain range stretching southwark.
Captain Scott made his first win
ter sojourn on the slope OF the noun
tains. aud there remained until No
vember, 1911. II was then that his
dash began. His plan was 20 cover
the remaining distance by the end OF
December and then Immediately
about face and make the dash back
Besides his equipment OF food. he had
placed reliance on a score OF ponies
with % dogs and one motor sledge
He designed 10 use this sledge in max
ing rapid progress over the compare
lively level stretches OF the foothills
Due allowance was made for ths
death of ponies and dogs. the steady
depletion OF stores and the loss o
vitality OF the party making up th'
expedition.
Captain Amuudsen had no pOnie
and no motor sledges as his experi
ence led him 10 place all his RELIANCE
on Siberian dogs The other COmp"'l
tors in tho race ara Lieutenant ~.
liam FilChner. ~ the general stan o
the German army Lieutenant y ~hir
asc. of the Ja1ares" nase. of the Ja
Tansse navy. and iI- Douglas laV son