River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-04-11
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First Antarctic Telephone Lines.
AT the end Of the month. telephone
communication was established with
bare wire. This telephone has already
proved extremely useful for reporting
the number parties. pending changes
of weather. Lieutenant Evans, Gran
and Forde travelled to Corner Camp to
rebuild cairns. They experienced tenn
peratures between minus so and 90, and
Forde,s hands were badly frost-Dltten,
but are now recovering rapidly. With
Bowes, Simpson and Petty OH1cer
Evans, / travelled west on Sept. 16,
ascending Ferrar Glacier; we round
ice stream had moved thirty feet IN
seven months. Later, forty-five miles
northwest mort OF our stations 1a We we foun 40
March with the forge depot left by
Campbell intact.
Owing to work at the station and
the need Of increasing exercise for the
ponies we have been unable to under
take further spring journeys. The
western geological party. CONSISTING OF
delayed by Forbes accident, will leave
in few days for Granite Harbor.
All plans and preparations for the
despite the accident of last season we
have great hope of success. The neces-
sity of getting the utmost out of our
remaining ponies has decided me not
to expose them to great cold. We shall
therefore start later than originally in
tended.
The motor sIedge party, consisting of
Lieutenant Evans, Bay, Lashley, and
Hooper, started five days ago, with two
motor sledges, dragging fuel and for
age. The motors experienced unex-
pected difficulty on sea ice where IT
was very thinly covered with snow,
but were last seen going well on the
camp of last season. They have, there
FORE placed the possibilities of motor
traction beyond question. The pony
son, Oats, Bowers, Cherry, Garrard,
Atkinson, Wright, Evans, Cream and
Koehane, will start about November l.
motors, ponies will be worked with
light loads in easy marches to Corner
Camp with full loads and easy marches
to One-Ton Camp and with such pres
sure as necessary thereafter. Dog
teams starting will rejoin us at One
Ton Camp and help to advance loads.
units of food to the foot of Beardm ore
Glacier, a unit being q weeks provl-
sion for four men. Then with three
divisions of four men and twenty one
units of provisions, 1 hope to extend
the advance to the required distance
if the weather conditions are not Whol-
ponies one is unreliable and one doubt
full, the remainder being in very fine
form. Officers and men are. in SPLEEN
did health, and eager to go forward.
there is an obvious chance that the
most advanced southerly party Will pc
she is forced to quit the Sound. I'm
der these conditions, having regard to
important scientific work done and IA
cilities offered for further, work. |
for a second year, The majority OF
the shore party will probably remain,
but details depend END upon pom t innr naIe on
home news, and the extent of fresh
transport provided. I shall greatly re-
gret the departure OF any MEMBER, as
we have lived in the happiest social
accord -
Pointing probably returns with a
large batch of Photographic maJeTial
to which second year might add lit
tie of Importance. Owing to POINTING,
the Photographic results of the exe
petition are remarkable record OF
our Pole life. Plans arranged for the
scientific work of the expedition have
succeeded SO far almost in their en-
tirety. :.
left Hut Point on the eve of Novem-
Der 2, having decided to march by
night and rest during the day to gave a4
Camp this morning Travelling south
for sixty miles we followed the tracks
chimes abandoned. The party had pro-
ceeded onward as directed, were de-
layed by blizzard biz on the fb sth no but
ing of the 10th. The dog teams had
caught us up some days earlier and
the whole party proceeded in company.
A days rest was given the animals at
One-T Ton Camp, which we left on the
18th. Having regard to the weight
of the loads, the heavy surfaces and
to march fifteen miles, only every night;
This distance has been maintained
fget nEht sho and be
ponies are going very steadlly ana
keeping condition remarkably. We'll.
The first pony has been shot for ex-
pediency but could have travelled fur.
ther. The animals have ten, pounds OF
oats and three pounds of oil sake
daily. We are hopeful of getting the
mems food supply to the Glacier, ac-
cording to program, without great diff
ficulty, but should be a day or two
later than anticipated.
at latitude So1s. Two of their lmber
abandoning of the motor was. the over
did not permit of the defects being
taken in hand. The system of propul-
sion of the motors proved entirely sat
isfactory. The machines dragged heavy
loads over the worst part of the bar
rier service and crossed several GREY
bs, peea ri
With the experience now gained a re-
liable tractor could be constructed that
would travel anywhere in this region
are building snow cairns at intervals
of four miles to guide the homeWard
parties and leaving a weeks provision
at every degree of latitude to the Bar,
rier. The surface was extremely bad
and trying to the ponies up TO one
Ton Camp. but has. been comPar par II Fly
ponies have been dragging over 500
pounds. 80
minutes: After the return OF the mo-
for marty from latitude 81 degrees Is
minutes we pushed steadily south.
hopeful for better weather conditions
A second pony was destroyed at lat1-
tude 80 degrees 10 minutes, a third
at latitude 50 degrees As minutes, and
two more at the SD parallel. None
of these animals were exhausted put
give food for dogs. AS we proceeded
the weather grew worse, snowstorms
were frequent the sky continually
overcast and land very rarely visible.
maintain steady marches. The ponies
continued to pull splendidly The ex-
celient condition they retained under
severe work L attribute entirely to
the management of Captain Oats.
In spite of delays. we reached latl-
tude SO degrees "a mlnuIes Wl Inn
g. We could have reached the glacier
with five ponies on the following day,
but for the intervention OF a south
erIy gale which lasted four days, dur
ing which we did not sight land, al
though only few niles away. me
wind was very violent at times,
prodigious amount of snow fell, and we
had continually to dig out ponies and
tents. The temperature rose to plus
g. the snow melting on our equipment
with water No such prolonged storm
has hitherto been recorded in these re-
gionS in December.
Hard Work i'm the Deep Snow.
On, Of storm. eighteen