Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-14

Suo mOeI remarkable OF them all. 1t
was $4,000 feet high ant covered with
such broken glaciers that in all prob,
ability no foothold was to be found.
Oscar Wistings." "Sver Hassels,'' and
"Olav Hjanlands" mountains also lay
here beautifully Illuminated in the
rays Of the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternately
to be viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time Mount Nielsen"
with its SUBMITS and peaks about 49,.
900 feet high. We only saw the nearest
surroundings. II took us three days
to surmount the DEVILS Glacier, al.
ways in misty weather.
On the LIST of December we left this
broken glacier with holes and crevices
without number, with its height of
9,10O feet. Before us, looking, in the
mist and snowdrifts, like frozen sea,
appeared . light, sloping ice plateau
filed with small hummocks.
The walk over this frozen sea was
not pleasant. The ground under us
was quite hollow and it sounded as
though we were walking on the bot.
toms 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 it.
The place has the name of the
Devils Dancing Room This part Of
our march was the most unpleasant.
On December 9Th we got our greatest
height, according to the hypsometer
and aneroid, 10,750 feet, at 81 degrees
4 minutes south. On December 8th we
came out Of the bad weather. Once
again the sun smiled on us. Once
again we could get an observation.
Dead reckoning and observation were
exactly alikeSS degrees SO minutes
1876 seconds south.
Before US lay an absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
with tiny sastrugie.
In the afternoon we passed SO de-
grees % minutes (Shackletbn's fur,
thest south was 90 degrees Is minutes
We camped and established our last
depot, No. 10. From SO degrees
Is minutes the plateau began to slope
down very gently and smoothly to.
wards the other side.
On December 9 we reached 96 de-
grees 80 minutes; on December 10
80 degrees Sc minutes; December II
80 degrees IL minutes; December IL
80 degrees 80 minutes; December IL
80 degrees IS minutes.
Up to this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remarkably
well, and we made out that we ought
TO be at the pole on December IA in
the afternoon.
That day was beautiful one, a
light breeze from southeast, tempera.
ture minus % Celsius (9.4 degrees be.
low Zero Fahrenheit), and the ground
and sledging were perfect. The day
went along as usual, and at 8 P. NJ.
we made halt.
According to our reckoning we had
reached our destination. All of us
gathered around the colors-a beau,
tiful silk flag alI hands taking hold
OF 1t. planting it. The vast plateau on
which the pole is standing has the
name Of King. Haakon VII Plateau =
1t is vast plain, alike in all direc.
tons; mile after mile during the night
we circled around the camp.
In the fine weather we spent the
following day taking series of OBJ.
servations from g. A. M. to P. NJ
The result gave Us 80 degrees 50
minutes.
In order to observe the pole as
closely as possible We travelled, as near
south as possible, the remaining kilo
meters.
On December 16 we camped 1t was
an excellent opportunity, as there was
q brilliant sun. Four of us took OBJ.
servations every hour OF the days
twenty-four hours. The exact result
will be the matter OF professional
private report. ..f
This much is certain-that we OBJ.
served the pole a. closely as It is in
human power to do it with the instru.
ments we had sextant and an arti.
fetal horizon.
On December 18th everything was
in order on the spot. We fastened ia
the ground little tent We had
brought along, q Norwegian flag and
the Fran pendant on the top of it.
The Norwegian home at the South
Pole was called "Polheim." The dis.
lance from our winter quarters to the
pole was about 1,400 kilometers. The
average march q day was Is kilo.
meters.
We started on the return trip Dec.
ember IT. Usually favorably weather
made our way home considerably east.
or than the journey to the pole. We
arrived at our winter quarters, FRAN.
HEINZ" January Is. 1912, with two
sledges and eleven dogs. all well.
The daily average speed on the re.
turn trip was Sc kilometers; the low
est temperature was minus 81 Celsius