The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15

to time. Mount Nielsen. with its sum mits and peaks about 15,O00 feet high.
 Reaches Highest Point.
 We only saw the nearest surroundings. It 192ok us three d1ys to surm"unt the Devil < Glacier. always in misty weather. On the lSt of December we left this broken glacier with holes and erevices without number. with it's height of 9,lo0 feet Before LIS looking. in the mist and snow drift like a frozen sea, appeared hsh.; sioping ice plateau filled with small hummaeks. The walk over this frozen ice Was not pleasant. The ground under Us Was quit hollow. and it sounded as though We were walking on the bot toms of empty barrels. As it was. man IeI .., 3Arough then q couple oI doss' we could not Use ctr skis on this polished iee- Sledges had the best Of it.
 The place got the name the Devils Dancing Room. This part of eur march Was the most uHPlea Sdut On December 9th We got our greatest height according To the hypSometef and aneroid. l0,150 feet. at S7 degrees 4o minutes south.
 On December Sth We came out of the bad weather Once again the sun smiled down on us oncc again. we could get an observation. Dead reckoning and ob- sefHati0ns Were exactly aIike-S8 degrees sS minutes and f6.5 seconds south Before us lay an absolutely plain pla- tea1 ere and there marked with q tiny s4strusi In the afternoon we passed SS degrees = minutes eShackletor's further est south Was N degrees 25 Ihiuutes). Me camped and established ollr last de- pot depot number 1o. From SS degrees = minutes the plateau began to slope down very gently and smoothly toward the other side
 on the 9th of December We reached sS degrees 29 minutes. on December 10th sS degrees 55 uiuqtes, December ffth. >a degrees F miaRtea. December i2th. Nq degrees 20 minutes, December 18th. S9
 Reached Destination December A. n fe thi9 time tAe observations auG 1 dead reckoning agreed remarkably well ard "" made out that wc ought To be al l the pole on December Huh in the after noon.
 That day was beautiful one-a light breeze from the southeast. the tempert- itre minus 2f Celsius t9f deEgraos be- low Q Fahreuhe5o. and the ground and sledeing IT. perfect. The day went along as usE#l and at 3 r. m. We made < halt According ta our reckoning we had reached oar destinatioa. Al of ae gathered around h. enloiS beautiful silk flag all hands taking hold Of 1t and planting it.
 The vast plateaa on which the pole is standing got the name of the King Haakon VII Platsau" It is q vast plain, alike in all direeueas mile after mile dHlng the night %e circled around the camp.
 ln tho fine weather we spent the fellow lhe e3F taking series Of observations from 6 2. m to : D. m The result gave us S9 d' ;'reoS aa minutes.
 Tn order te chs rye the pole as close as possible. we traveled as near south as possible. the remaining kilometers.
 On December 1Gth these we eamped II was an excellent opportunity There was brilliant sun. Four Of Us took ob- servations every hour of the days be a matter of a professional private re- port.
 This much is certain: that we ob- served the pole as close as 1t Is in human power to do it with the instruments we had-a seXtant and an artificial horizon
 Norwegian Flag Marks Spot on December Huh. everything was fin order on the spot. We fastened to tha ground I little tent we had brought along q Norwegian flag and the "Fram' pen dant on the top of 1t.
 The Norwegian home at the South Pole is called "Polhem." The dis tance from our winter quarters to the pole was about 1.4o0 kilometers Tho average march day was 25 kilomcters l We started on the return trip on the l 18th of December. Unusually favorable weather made our way home considerably easier than the journey to the pole We arrived at cur winter quarters Fran i heim,' on the 25th day of January, 1912 with two sledges and eleven dogs all we'll.
 The daily average speed on the return 1 trip was 36 kilometers, the lowest tenn perature was minus 3l Celsius (23S do grees below zero Fahrcnheit, the high est minus Celsius (23 degrees above i zero Fahrenheit1.
 Among the results arc the determlna- 1 uon Of the extent and character of the Ross Barrier. and the discovery of the i connection of south Victoria Land and i probably King Edward VII Land with their continuation in the mighty moun- tains rJnning toward the southcast which were observed as far as SQ dn grees south, but which in all probability continue across the Antarctic continent
 The entire length of the newly dis covered mountains Is about S50 kflo- meters. They have been named "Oueen l Mauu Range"
 On January 10th the ,apanese expedi- ttaa arrived and landed OF thc barrier near our winter quarters. We left inc Bay Of Whales on January 30 II was a long voyage. with contrary winds
 All are well. RAOLD AMUNDSEN