The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-03-15
ANUNDSEN WINS
SOUTH POLE RACE
The Norwegian Explorer Tells Of His
Antarctic Dash.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF The TRIP
Captain Amundsen's own Narrative of
His Attainment of the South
Pole December IA, H.
1911.

(By ROald Amundsen. Copyright
1912, by The N Y. Times Co. All
rights reserved.)
Hobart, Tasmania, March Sat
a. m. on the 10th day of February,
1911, we commenced to work our way
toward the south, from that day to
the 18th of April, establishing three
depots, which in all contained
quantity of provisions of about 5000
kilos, including 100 kilos of seal
meat, were cached in so degrees, zoo
lilos in 81. degrees and 500 kilos in 81
degrees south latitude.
AS no land marks were to be seen
these depots were marked with flags,
seven lilometers on each side in the
easterly and westerly directions.
The ground and the state of the
barrier were of the best and special
ly well adapted to driving with dogs.
On February 10, we had thus travel
ed about 100 kilometers. The weight
of the sledges was 800 kilos, and the
number of dogs was six for each
sledge. The surface of the barrier
was smooth and fine with no sastrugi.
found dangerous in only two places.
For the rest long, smooth india
tions.
The weather was excellent, calm
or a light breeze. The lowest tenn
perature on these depot trips was
minus As celsius or centigrade, (49
degrees below zero, fahrenheit) On
the 4th Of March, on our return from
the first trip beginning on the 10th
of February we found out that the
Fran had already left us. With
pride and delight we heard that her
smart captain had succeeded in
sailing her furthest south and
there hoistiag the colors of his coun-
try, a glorious moment, for him and
his comrades, the farthest north and
the furthest souths good old Fran
the highest south latitude attained
was rs degrees Al minutes.
Winter on the Ice Barrier.
Before the arrival of winter we
had 5000 kilos of seal meat in the
depots, enough for. ourselves and
10 dogs. Eight dog houses, a com
bination of tents and snow huts
were built
Having cared for the dogs the turn
came to use our solid little hut II
was almost entirely covered with
snow by the middle of April. First
we had to get light and air. The
Lux lamp, which had a power 200
standard candles, gave us bril-
liant light and kept the temperature
up to 20 degrees celsius (6S degrees
FahrenheiD throughout the winter
our excellent ventilation system gave
us all the air we wanted
In direct communication with the
hut and dog houses on the Barrier
we're workshops, packing, rooms, eel
lars for provisions, coal, wood and
oil, plain bath, a steam bath, and
observatory. Thus we had everything
within doors if the weather should
be too cold and stormy.
The sun left us on the 22nd o.
April and did not return until foul
months later. The winter was spen
in changing our whole outfit, which
on the depot trips was found to be
too clumsy and solid for the smooth
surface of the Barrier Besides this
as much scientific work as possible
was done, and some astonishing
meteorological observations were
taken
Open Water all Winter.
There was very little snow, an,
there was open water close b!
throughout the winter For the sam,
reason higher temperature had beer
expected, but it remained very low
IN five months there were observe,
Temperatures between minus so an,
60 degrees celsius, (5S and 76 dc
grees below zero Fahrenheit) tn
lowest temperature on the 18th O
August, being minus 80 degree
eelsiusA It was then calm. On tn
1st Of August the temperature wa
minus 5gNdegrees celsius, and ther
we're six meters Of wind.
The mean temperature for the yea
was minus 20 degrees celsius. GA.
below zero fahrenheit)
had expected hurricane after hu
ricane, but observed only two mod,
rate seorms and many exceller
auroras, in al directions.
The sanitary conditions we're Of tn
best all the winter and when the su
returned on The oath Of August h
met the men sound In mind and bod
ready. to set about the task that ha
to be solved.
Already the day before we ha