Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-03-19

tainS also lay here beautifully lIlu-
minated IN the rays of the bright sun.
In the distance Only alternately
to be viewed in the fog appeared from
time to time Mount Nelson" with its
SUBMITS and peaks. about $4,000 feet
high. We only saw the nearest sur
roundings.
1t took us three days to surmount
the DEVILS glacier. always in misty
weather
On the first of December we left
this broken glacier, with holes and
crevices without number, with it's
height of $500 felt Before US, look
ing, in the mist nd snowdrift, like a
frozen sea, appeared light, sloping
mocks.
Man and Dogs Fall In Sea.
The walk over this frozen sea was
not pleasant. The ground under us
though we were walking on the bot
toms of empty barrels. AS it was, a
man fell through. with a couple of
dogs. We could not use our skis on
this polished ice. Sledges had the
best of 1t.
This place got the name of the
Devils Dancing Room" This part of
our march was the most unpleasant
On December 6 We got our greatest
height, according to the hypsometer
and aneroid, 10,750 feet, at 81 de-
grees 40 minutes south.
On December we came out OF the
bad weather Once again the sun
smiled down on us. Once again we
could get an observation. Dead reck-
oning and observation were exactly
alike-S8 degrees, SO minutes, 1876 Sec
onds south.
Before US lay an absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugi.
Establish Last Depot
In the afternoon We passed SO de-
grees % minutes (Shackleton's fur
thest south was So degrees rs min
utes). We camped and established
our last depot, depot No 10. From 80
degrees rs minutes the plateau began
to slope down very gently and smooth
ly toward the other side.
Up to this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remarka-
bly, well and we made out that we
ought to be at the pole on December
IA in the afternoon.
That day was a beautiful one-a
light breeze from the southwest. the
temperature minus 20 celsius GA de
grees below zero Fahrenheit) and the
ground and sledging were perfect
The day went along as usual, and at
three p. m. we made halt.
According to our reckoning we had
reached our destination. All of us
gathered around the colors-a beauti-
full silk fag-all hands taking hold of
it and planting it.
Name Plateau King Haakon VII.
The vast plateau on which the pole
is standing got the name of the king
Haakon VII. Plateau" 1t Is a vast
plain, alike in sI directions; mile
after mile during the night We circled
around the camp.
In the fine weather we spent the fol-
lowing day taking series of obser-
vations from six a. m. to seven p. IN.
The result gave US SO degrees So min
utes.
IN order to observe the pole as close
as possible we travelled, as near south
as possible. the remaining nine kilo-
meters.
On December 16 there we camped. 1t
was an excellent opportunity. There
was a brilliant sun. Four Of us took
observations every hour of the days
twenty-four hours. The exact result
will be the matter of professional
private report
This much is certain-that We OBJ
served the pole as close as it is in
human power to do 1t with the instru-
ments we had -axtant and an arti-
fetal horizon or December II every
thing was in ordel ON the spot. We
fastened to the ground little tent we
had brought along, Norwegian flag
and the Fran pendant OF the top
of It,
The Norwegian home at the south
pole was called "Polheim."
The distance from our winter quar-
tiers to the pole was about 1,400 kiio-
meters. The average march day was
25 kilometers.
Start on Return Trip.
We started on the return trip on
the 18th of December. Unusually ia.
vorable weather made our way home
considerably easier than the journey
to the pole. We arrived at our winter
quarters, "FTamheim," on the 25th of
January, 1912, with two sledges and
eleven dogs, all well.
The daily average speed on the re-
turn trip was SO kilometers; the low
est temperature was minus 81 celsius
(23S degrees below zero Fahrenheit) !;
the highest, minus 5 celsius t23 de-
grees above zero Fahrenheit).
Among the results are the deter
mination of the extent and character
of the Ross Barrier, and the discovery
of the connection of South Victoria
land and probably King Edward VII
land. with their continuation in the
mighty mountains running toward the
southeast, which were observed as far
as. IS degrees south, but which in all
probability continue across the antarc-
tic continent.
The entire length of the newly dis
covered mountains is about $50 kilo-
meters. They have been named
Queen Maud's Range"
Confirm Scott's Discoveries
The expedition to King Edward VII.
land, under the command of Lieuten-
ant Prestud, has given excellent re
suits. SCOTS discoveries have been
confirmed and the survey OF the Bay
of Whales and of the barrier dome by
the Prestmd party are of great inter
est
A good geological collection from