The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-04-12

very badly. so decided to retire to
| Hut Point Without delay
A Close Call.
There Al 9 a. m. on March l. the
! Tired condition of the ponies obliged
the party to camp al $50. Bowers.
/ awakened by noise. found the Ice
| broken an around the camp. and NOV.
/ Ing with the heavy swell one pony
had disappeared from the picketing
| line and was not seen again. Hastily
packing their slciFes, the party decid.
cd 10 Try and work aouthNcst over
/ the packed fee. with Infinite diih.
/ Guilty the sledEes we're dragged, the
| ponies jumping from Zoe to foe 10.
ward the barrier. About noon the
! party ncarcd the barrier but found
/ Cos ice vail unollmbable and tho swell
/ ohuruiug and breaking heavy foes
against IT, In this Dilemma Cream
Was allowed 10 attempt to obtain
I help. lie travelled east over the NOV.
ing pack 10 md break In the Ice
wall and eventually hoisted himself
/ 10 the barrier surface by wedginE bis
| ski stick In crack
More Ponies lost.
| on March I We assembled BINS east
~ Castle Rock. and on the NTH the
party with the two remaining ponies
and tho dog teams was safely housed
AZ Hut Point Hy this incident We
lost three NJ our strongest ponies.
This was severe blow to the oNpe
| diiion. but not enough 10 wreck It's
plans n tho remaining animals could
be- preserved The heavy swell
which caused this disaster broke
more than ten miles of sea Ice. large
/ fragments from tho barrier. and NO
miles ~ glacier tongue feature
which had remained Otherwise nm.
| changed since discovery. In 1902 Tho
I Hot was found almost completely nll.
cd with hard snow. the windows
broken and the door unhInFcd, win
much labor We cleared and repaired
IT, II ihcn Afforded good shelter
Preparing For the Winter.
on March " Lieutenant Evans led
a party 60 Corner camp. completing
The depot arrangements Tor the com.
Ins season The temperature AZ the
barrier had already fallen 10 minus
~ degrees Throughout the month
/ Irc continually formed over the sea
| but the strong winds quickly drove 1,
out After March 20 the lee remain
80 fast in the sheltered bays but
continued 10 drive out of the sound
/ Huge land ice falls On The southwest
lopcs Ut Mount Erobus prevented any
| possibility ot returning tU Cape Evans
I hy land. but With the freezing ~ the
bays decided io mako au attempt
to reach the station. partly hY land
aud partly by sea Ice. win eight
companions I started. on April n. and
although caught boy storm on sea
Ice. We reached Cape Evans early ON
the i3th We found the station.
which had been left In simpsons
charge. la excellent order. and ar.
rangcmonts Tor comfort remarkably
perfect
on April " returned 10 Hut Point
with fresh slodgo party carrying
supplies and stores As II WAS i'm
possible for animals TO travel ON the
rou'e taken. lett Meares nnd ave
others In charge Of those at Hut Point
and again returned 10 Cape Evans on
April &c. Sea ice continued to drive
out Of sounds until the first week In
MAY II was not until May ~. three
weeks after the sun had gone that
the men and animals left Hut Point
| and safely returned to the main sta.
| ton The sound froEe solid In May
and later In winter packed ice cN.
! tended to an Unprecedented distance
nOrthward. despite numerous gales
After the return from the ahsentecs
We settled down very comfortably
In our winter hut, ils arrangements
for lighting, heating. cooking and
ventilation proved omincntly satlstac
tor,
Behind land ridge on the slHpcs Of
Mount Terror. the party spent three
days building stone hut ON which
| they rooted with canvas from this
camp The men had great diilculty
In crossing the huge barrier pressure
ridges In the dim noon twilight IA
] l'h'A NN' lNNNflNH NY WIN NV
| ccssful AZ second attempt They
/ found comparatively few blrda at tho
| rookcry. but these had begun 10 lay
even at this early date Fortunately
} some eggs At different stages " de-
/ yclopment We're secured which should
/ give considerable information con
corning tho cmbryology Of thls inter
| csting bird The same nirht violent
gale commenced and the ridge proved
/ inadequate shelter from the huru
cane gusts which whirlcd down on
the hut A tent and other carefully
secured articles were blown away, and
after stralning for II hours the root
Of the hut few to ribbons For 80
hours more the travellers were con
lined In their frozen sleeping beds
hail buried beneath snow and rock
debris
The state Of their equipment now
forced them to turn homcward. on
the return Journey they were held iol
two days by another storm after
which the temperature fell and re-
manned below minus GO degrees. Tn,
party returned after Ave days absouo,
lncased In ice and suffering from
want OF sleep but otherwise well
First Antarctic Telephone Line,
Al the end Of the month tolpphOnt