The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15

Our camp that night lay in YER,
picturesque surroundings at height
OF 5000 feet. The glacier here wa,
narrowed In between the two 1900
feet high mountains. the "Fridtjo
Nanse~" and the Don Pedro Christie
pherson." From the bottom Of the
glacier rose mount ole Englstad"-
a big snow cone 1860 feet high.
The glacier was very much broker
In this comparatively narrow pass
The mighty crevices seemed TO stOl
US from going further. but II was no.
so serious as II appeared. Our dogs
which up TO this time had covered 9
distance OF about 1000 kilometers, the
last few days very hard work, rar
this day IS kllometers. the ascent be
Ing $500 feet. an almost incredible
record.
II took Us only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inlan,
plateau. We camped that night at q
height Of 10000 feet. Mere We had
to Kill twen,y.four Of our brave com
panions and keep eighteen. slx 70,
each Of our three sledges.
We stopped here four days on &C
count Of bad weather. Tired Of this
We set out on the 2sth Of November
On he 26th In q furious blizzard and
In dense snow drift absolutely moth.
ing was 10 be seen, but we felt that
contrary to expectations We were go
Ing fast down hill. The hypsonieter
gave us fall Of 800 feet.
The next day was similar. The
weather cleared a little at Dime,
ine and exposed 10 our view a mighty
mountain range to the east, and not
far on. only for a moment. and then
II disappeared In the dense snow.
irift On the 29.h II Gained down
md the sun shone. though Il was no,
the only pleasant. surprise he gave.
n our course stretched a big glacier
"unning toward The south. Al H..
EASTERN end was tha mountain range
Going In a southeasterly direction. ~
the western part OF Il no view WAS &c
og. Al the foot Of this glacier. the
Devils Glacier" depo for six dayf
vas established. AT S6.2i degrees
south latitude. The hypsometcr IN
Heated 5000 feet above sea level.
On November 20 we began to climb
re glacier The lower part OF T. was
tory much broNen and dangerous.
Nor over, the snow bridges very often
Erst, From our camp that night We
iad u splendid view over the mountain
he cast. There VAS "liclmer Han.
ems summit" the most remark able
II them all II was 1000 feet high
nj covered with such broken glaciers
hat In all probabilities no foo; hold
sas To be found. Oscar Wistings,"
'Syerre Iiassels." and "Olav Han.
lands" mountains also lay hero.
beautifully illuminated In the rays OF
he bright sun.
In the distance. and only alternate.
~ TO be viewed In the fog. appeared
from time to time Mount Nielsen, 50
with It's snmmis and peaks about
5000 feet high.
We only saw the nearest surround.
ings. u took us three days 10 sur.
mount the Devils glacier, always In
misty weather.
On the ist OF Decs mber we left
this broken glacier. with holes and
crevices without number. with its
height Of 800 feet. Before us. look.
ing In the mist and snowdrift. like .
frozen sea. appeared . light. sioping
Ice plateau filled with small hum.
Knocks. 90 '.
The walk over this frozen sea Was
not pleasant. The ground under Us
was quite hollow, and Il sounded as
though We were walking on the bot.
toms Of empty barrels. As II was. q
man fell through. then q couple OF
dogs. We could not use our skis on
this polished Ice. sledges had the
best OF II.
The place got the name the Devils
Dancing Room" This part OF our
march WAS the most unpleasant. On
December We got Our greatest height,
according to the hypsometer and ane.
roid-l0,750 feet ut 81 degrees 20
minutes south.
On December 3 We came out Of The
bad weather. Once again the sun
smiled down on w. Once again we
could get an observation. Dead
reckoning and observation were ex'
actly alike. So degrees. IS minutes,
1863 seconds south.
Before MS lay an absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugi.
In the afternoon We passed IS de-
grees 90 minutes. iShackeleon's fur
therost south was ~ degrees, q
minutes.) We camped and establish
ell our last depot, depot No. 10. From
80 degrees 25 minutes the plateau be
gan to slope down very gently and
smoothly toward the other side.
On the 9th of December We reached
IS degrees 80 minutes, on December
10. IS degrees So minutes. December
II, 50 degrees IL minutes. December
~, SO degrees 30 minutes. Decemoe'
-, 80 degrees IS minutes.
Up TO this time the observations