Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-03-15
dogs. and provisions for four months
everything In excellent order.

everything III eACcllBuI OTueTs
The Journey to the Pole.
We had made UP our minds to take
the first part of the trip as easily as
possible, in order to give ourselves
and the dogs rational training, and
on the 23rd we made our depot in so |
degrees south. We went right ahead.
In spite of the dense fog, an error
once in while, but we'were caught |
by the flag marks, and found these on
our way without difficulty.
Having rested and fed the dogs on
all the seal meat they we're able to
eat, we started again on the 26th,
with the temperature steadily between
minus 20 and 80 celsius a degrees
and 90 degrees below zero, Fahren-
heit).
From the start it was the intention
not to drive more than 30 kilometers
day, but it appeared that this was
| too little for our strong, willing ami
mails. At so degrees south we began
to build snow cairns Of mans height,
in order to have marks on our return
trip. On the 31st we reached the de-
pot at 81 degrees, and stopped there
one day, and fed the dogs on as much
pemmican as they wanted
| We reached the depot at so degrees
on the 9Th of November, where the
dogs for the last time got all they
wanted to eat. On the 8th, southwark
again, with daily march OF so kilo-
meters.
| To-, 0-d to fohk
sledges we established depots at each
degree of south latitude.
Like Pleasure Trip.
The trip from 80 degrees to 85 de-
grees became a pleasure trip-excel-
lent ground, fine sledging, and an even
temperature. Everything went like a
dance.
On the 9th we sighted cuuln Vic
toria Land and the continuation of the
mountain range which Sir Ernest
Shackleton mentioned in his chart as
running toward the southeast from
the Beardmore glacier, and on the
same day we reached 83 degrees and
established here depot No. 4. On the
11th we made the interesting discov-
cry that the Ross barrier terminated
in blight toward the southeast at Sc
degrees south latitude and 1853 de-
grees west longitude, formed between
the southeast mountain range running
from South Victoria Land and range
on the opposite side running in a
southwesterly direction-probably a
continuation of King Edward VII Land.
On the 18th we reached S4 degrees,
where we established depot; on the
18th we were at S5 degrees, where,
also, we made depot.
From our winter quarters, "Fram-
j, heim," 78 degrees, 3S minutes south
, latitude, we had been marching due
south. On the 18th of November, at
S5 degrees, we arrived at a place
where the land and barrier were con.
nected. This was done without any
l great difficulty. The barrier here
rises in undulations to about 300 feet
Some few big crevices indicated the
4 limited boundary.
Here we made our head depot, TAX
4 ing provisions for 60 days on sledges
d and leaving 60 days provisions on the
$ spot.
t The land under which we lay ant
!, which we now had to attack looked
I quite imposing. The nearest submits
{ along the barrier had a height o.
, from 1000 to 10000 feet, but severa
x others further south were $4,000 fee
y or more.
: The next day we began the climb
L The first part of it was an easy task
light stops and we'll filled mountain
r sides. 1t did not take long time, TO
l. our willing dogs worked their way UP
l. Further up we met with some small
but very steep glaciers. Here we ha,
q to harness 20 dogs to each sledge an,
n take the four sledges in two turns. Il
10 some places it was SO steep that
Y, was difficult enough to use our skis.
d Some big crevices forced US fror
time to time to make detours. TIL
d first day we climbed 1000 feet, tn
g next day mostly up some small gls
a. ciers, camping at height of 4,50
,r feet. The third day we were oblige
N to go down on mighty glacier, "Axe
N Heiberg's glacier" which divided tn
coast mountains and the mountain
further south.
n, The next day began the longest pal
o. of our climb. Many detours had to b
le made in order to avoid broad crack
re and open crevices. These were al
p parently mostly filled up, as the 81,
y, ciers in all probability had long ae
lg stopped moving, but we had to be yer
e- careful, never knowing for certain ho
So thick was the layer that covered then
%, Our camp that night lay in very pi
OF turesque surroundings at height
od 5000 feet. The glacier here was ma
gs rowed in between the two 15,0O0-fo,
Id mountains, the "Fridtjof Nansen" ar
IN the Don Pedro Christopherson." Fro
ty the bottom of the glacier rose "Moul
be Ole Englstad," big snow cone 1855
es feet high.
The glacier was very much broke
to in this comparatively narrow pas
he The mighty crevices seemed to stC
wa liz from going further but il was n