The Green Forest tribune., 1912-03-15

six meters of wind. The mean tenn perature for the year was minus 26 degrees Celsius GAS degrees below zero Fahrenhei0. I had expected hurricane after hurricane, but l ob- served only two moderate storms and many excellent auroras-Australias in all directions.
 The sanitary conditions were of the best all the winter and when the sun returned on the 24th of August he met the men sound in mind and body, ready to set about the task that had to be solved. Already, the day be- fore, we had brought our sledges to the starting place for our march to- ward the south. Only in beginning of September did the temperature rise to such an extent that there was any question of setting out.
 First Start for the Pole.
 On the Sth of September eight men, with seven sledges, ninety dogs, and provisions for four months, start ed. The ground was perfect. The temperature was not bad. The next day it appeared that we had started too early, as the temperature of the following days fell and was kept steady between minus 50 and 60 Gel sius (58 degrees and 75 degrees below zero Fahrenheit). Personally, we did not suffer at all from this cold. Our good furs protected us. But with our dogs it was a different matter. It would easily be seen that they shrank from day to day, and we understood pretty soon that they could not stand the long run to our depot at 80 de- grees south
 We agreed on returning and to wait for the arrival of spring. The provisions were cached, and off we went for the hut With the exception of the loss of few dogs and a couple of frozen heels everything was all right
 Only in the middle of October spring came in earnest. Seals and birds appeared The temperature was steady between 20 and 30 Gel sius (6S >grees and SC degrees Fah- renheit). The original plan that all of us should go toward the South Pole had been changed. Five men had to do this work, while the other three were to start for the east and visit King Edward VII Land.
 This last mentioned trip was not in- cluded in our program, but, owing to the fact that the English had not reached it, at least this summer. as was their intention, we agreed that the best thing to do was also to make this trip.
 On October 20 the southern party started-five men, four sledges, fifty two dogs, and provisions for four months-eyerythin in excellent or der.
 The Journey to the Pole.
 We had made up our minds to take the first part of the trop as easily as possible, in order to give ourselves and the dogs a rational training, and on the 23rd we made our depot in 80 degrees south. We went right ahead
 In spite of the dense fog an error of two or three kilometers happened once in while, but we were caught by the flag marks and found these on our way without difficulty.
 Having rested and fed our dogs on all the seal meat they were able to eat we started again on the 26th, with the temperature steadily be- tween minus 20 and 30 Celsius (4 de- grees and P degrees below zero Fah- renheit).
 From the start it was the intention not to drive more than 30 kilometers day, but it appeared that this was too little for our strong, willing ami mals. At 80 degrees south we began to build snow cairns of man S height, in order to have marks on our return trip. On the 31st, we reached the depot at S1 degrees and stopped there one day, and fed the dogs on as much pemmican as they wanted.
 We reached the depot at S2 degrees on the 5th of November, where the dogs for the last time got all they wanted to eat. On the Sth, south ward again, with a daily march of 50 heavy sledges, we established depots at each degree of south latitude.
 Like a Pleasure Trip.
 The trip from S2 degrees to S5 de- grees became a pleasure trip-eXcel- lent ground fine sledging, and an event. Everything went like a dance.
 On the 9th we sighted South Victo- ria Land and the continuation of the mountain range which Sir Ernest Shackleton mentioned in his chart as running toward the southeast from the Beardmore glacier, and on the same day we reached 83 degrees and established here depot number 4. On the 11th we made the interesting dis covery that the Ross barrier termi- mated in a blight toward the southeast at SC degrees south latitude and 163 degrees west longitude, formed be- tween the southeast mountains run ming from South Victoria Land and a range on the opposite side running in southwestern direction-probably a continuation of King Edward VII Land.
 On the 18th we reached S4 degrees, where we established a depot. On the 16th we were at S5 degrees, where also we made depot
 From our winter quarters, Tram heim," 7S degrees 3S minutes south latitude, we had been marching due ,.:o+e :r Wox2