River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-04-11

have been working. The storm has
already cost us five days. It's effects
he 4 serious matter otherwise every
thing has worked as planned. We
hope to find better. conditions az we
advance up the glacier we are rece n5
the Season thus far has been very I'm
# Latitudsf 81 P Leg Dsgre Mn
Minutes East, Height About $500 Feet.
-Four Miles South, Thirty West of
Mount Darwin.-Largeiy as result
patch, the lower reaches OF the glacier
were filled with terribly soft snow.
Men on foot sank TO the hhee At eacn
possible to advance had we not pulled
on skis AS it was the runner SUR
face of the sledges PrQoec1r lna6oequsle.
curing to be EXTRACTED with standing
pulls. For four days we struggled in
this morass. scarcely aoyiainelng nve
rvelve hours. 1t is difficult to pitch
camp and load sledges on such sur
face. On the fifth day the surface
to push on. still pulling. on skis. We
did not come abreast of Cloudbreaker
mountain until the 7th, so that the
snow cost us a weeks, advance.
Since the 10th we have been able
70 make very good marches. working
up from thirteen to twenty-three stat
ranged to bush on from the S5th par
alIel with eight men and twelve units
of provisions, but. I hoped to reserve
program and should have a good
chance of getting through The wealth
err continues unsatisfactory. We had
to march without sight of land on
occasions We are getting intermit-
tent fog in this most crevlced part OF
the glacier. Everybody IS IN the best
of hoa1th and cniritS.
1t has been most difficult to select
the returning party Of tour who car
f ffs thus onr 3q pper gaceP depot
pIete depots have been established on
the homeward route. The track of the
cairns. The members going forward
are Scott, Lieut.. Evans, wilson. Bow
ers, Oats, Lashley, Petty officer Evans
Jan. 8, 1912, Latitude 81 Minutes. 80
Degrees, Height $500 Feet.-After
leaving the upper glacier depot. south
two DAYS. This did not keep us clear
of pressure ridges and crevices which
occurred frequently at first and gave
rs trouble but the fose dcn paee
were more snow covered than further
eastward The advantage OF this
course was mainly felt on the third
distribution of land masses .fringing
the Ice, sheet and the arm or Ice falls.
have averaged over q fifteen statute
miles a day. On Christmas day we
close up to the SS1n pafr ara AND
us an excellent march, seventeen miles,
but the effort was not so hard the
following day. The surface grew more
difficult as we approached the 87th
parallel On New Years eve In lati-
tude Sc degrees Sc minutes we depos-
tied there a unit procession and re-
11,rsI r7N 1rrAe ANY, oh
ners, which remarkable piece of work
was performed by the seaman of the
party under adverse conditions. Al
though it cost us nearly a days march,
the change amply repaid us. We have
been able to keep up our average and
we are now within $50 miles of the
Pole.
am going forward with u party
of five men, sending three back under
Tieut. Evans. The names and descrip-
lions of the advance party are: Capt.
tifc staff, Capt. Oats, Inniskilling
dragons. in charge of the ponies and
marine, commissary officer. Petty Of
ficer Evans r. H, in charge of sledgea
and equipment.
The advance guard goes forward
with a months provisions and the
prospects of success good, providing
the weather holds and no unforeseer
ficuit to choose the advance party. as
everyone was fit and able to go for
ward Those who return are natural
ly much disappointed. Everyone has
worked his hardest The weather on
the plateau has been good as a whole.
The sun has never deserted us, but
the temperatures are low now, about
minus 20 degrees, and the wind pretty
constant; however we are eXcellen tly
equipped for such conditions and the
wind undoubtedly improves the sur
face and so far has worked out very
satisfactorily. 1t is more than prob
able that no further news will be re-
ceived from us this year. Our return
must cessarily be late.
(Signed) Robert F. Scott.
Lieut.. Penne11 expressed the utmost
confidence in the ultimate success Of
Capt Scott and his party and declared
that the scientific work being per-
formed by the expedition was of an
extremely valuable character. In adj
dition to the southern party, the Terra
Nova was compelled, owing to the bad
ice conditions, to leave behind Lieut..
~Campbells party, who were landed at
Drygalsky Barrier and thence s1edged
into the interior. Both parties, how
ever, were fully prepared for this en-
Urgency, says the commander of the
Terra Nova, and no alarm need ba
felt for their safety. The two geolog-
ical expeditions of the west coast have
produced good results, coal and fossils
which latter had not been discovered
before being found. The health of the
members of the expedition is excel
lent, the only exception being Capt.
Evans. who is conva1escing from sour
The Terra Nova Iva