The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-04-11

| Travelled out over land. reported hav-
set off Immediately to the west. Work
Ing nround the bay we approached the
packs wsieS Sad been drlfting
slowly northwest and had Temporarily
cued with dificulty
Working on through the night We
their loads. but could do nothing for or
to awa move At f M We Pqeft
tin 8 a. M. when the pack was again
saHe e We p %as sn9 oa
the animals over many jumps. while
the the lover part o. Of The 'b Carrier s'' "
The edges Of. the foes were high
above water and very uneven: Killer
irretrievablX lost. One pony only won
through. The pack was moving again
east Of Castle Rock. and on the 9Th
the party. with the two remaining
housed at Hut Point. By this incident
we lost three Of our strongest ponies.
This was severe blow to the expedi-
if the, remaining animals could be pre-
served.
me - heavy swell which caused :, th his
6arT H ea and a' two miles Of rG siacer
tongue, feature which had remained
completely filled with hard snow. the
windows broken and the door unhinged.
paired 1T. 1t then afforded good shell
ter. While forced to wait for the sea
to b4W eyer we etf1ed Gid 3ns
and discarded fragments OF metal we
and several blubber lamps: We, fed
could only be obtained at a distance
over hills and were sometimes scarce,
but the. supply never failed entirely.
ments with the slenderest resources.
With splendid health we, were quite
a box of old magazines.
On March -, the Western Geological
party returned, bringing our total to
six weeks, making a close survey Of
the dry valley. lower ferrar. and
Koettlitz glacier reseons, thus complet-
the geological survey for the coast.
Preparing for the Winter. :.
On March y. Lientenant Evans LED
party 10 S-OFueF Caulp, COulplcllIS
the depot arrangements for the coming
season. The temperature at the barrier
had already fallen to minus 40 degrees.
for%ed over the the aea but 's Strong Winds
the ice remained fast in the sheltered
s saSa Out H f1a o fails u on the
southwest slopes Of Mount Erebus pre-
vented ANY, any possibility of returning t., to
in IF hn n q
by land and partly by sea ice.
With eight comPanions sthtte ID on
Evans early on the 18th; We. found
the station, which had been left in
and arrangements for comfort remark
ably perfect. Numerous .self-recording
instruments We're in full swing, and
news was good except the loss of one
Of the nine remaining ponies and one
dog. During our, absence there had
per hour. For nineteen per cent Of
the wh ns e the Wna had heen
pointed to an exceptionally severe sea-
son.
On April II I returned to Hut Point
plies and stores. AS it was impossible
for animals to travel on the route TAX
en-, I left ,Mears and, five others in
returned to Cape Evans on April 80.
Sea ice continued to drive out of the
Sound until the first week in May. 1t
err the sun had gone that the men and
animals left Hut Point and safely re-
| turned to the main station. The Sound
pack ice extended to an -unapprehended
distance northward. After the return
Of absentees we settled down very COM
and Ventilation proved ominently sat
is aas nH;,+ co 1n stable had
shelter shelf ' improvised for 1 the dogs dur dur
| ing the four winter months.
The temperature at the station was
est minus SO degrees. The wind aver
aged fifteen miles an hour, but some
times blew hard with the temperature
fully occupied with station and scien-
titic work exercising animals. etc. A
| series of lectures was organized and
dfotba Mas paYsa to wth x
made to Cape Royds and Hut Point
The animals steadily improved in con-
ditien On a June ~, mia aah owinter
Crozier to observe the incubation OF
er% beayy rsce at on The
forced the party to relay work during
the main part and q. fortnight was
taken on the outward journey. The
| so degrees and often below minus II
degrees, the lowest observed with. {
sling thermometer being minus II de
grees. Behind a land ridge on the
slopes of Mount Terror the party spen
| three days in building a stone hui
which they rooted with canvas from
this camp The men had great diff
Guilty in crossing the huge barrier pres
sure ridges in the dim noon twiligh
cessful at second attempt. The,
rookery. but these had began to la,
at even this early date Fortunatel;
some eggs at different stages of de
velopment were secured which shoult
give considerable information concern
ing the embryology of this interestin;
bird.
The same night violent gale com
menced and the ridge proved made
quate shelter from the hurricane gust
which whrled down on the hut. 1
tent and other carefully secured ar
tic1es were blown away, and afte
straining for fourteen hours the roo
of the hut flew to ribbons. For thirt.
hours more the travellers were confined
in their frozen sleeping beds, hal