The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19

TO save them. Bowers and Oats risked
tbe ,ong dofour over the pack and led
the remainder of us dug a trench to
the Tb lower part of the barrier.
whales hung about within a few yards.
irnreet PONIES filling at the jump were
through. The pack was moving again
as we lsft It and drifted clear to the
saTt of on March 4 we aseended hills
the party, with the two remaining
ponies. and the dog teams was safely
M housed SEQ at Hut Point: BY this incident
RUS was a severe blow to the eXpedi-
tion. but not enough to wreck its plans
II the remaining animals could be pre-
With eight companions I started on
storm H. On and, a%lthough caught BY a
Evans early on the 18th. We found
tne station, which had been left in
s SIN charge, in excellent order,
ably perfect. Numerous self-recording
instruments We're in full swing. and
al records complete to date. All the
or the nine remaining ponies and one
dog. During our absence there had
two m mnSh wi hd;n the mean velocity for
per hour. For nineteen per cent Of
the wh9le time. the wind had been
' say SNIefSlu. All observation
son. "
The temperature at the station was
est minus SO degrees. The wind aver
aged fifteen. miles an hour. but some
times times blew hard with the temperature
July occupied with station and scion
tlnc work, exercising animals. etc. A
series of lectures was organized and
or midWfnter. Frequent visits were
made to Cape Royd's' and Hut Point
dhf ANIMALS steadily improved in con
Wilson. Bowers. Cherry and Gerard
started on sledse journey to Cape
Tro = to ps o6ssTys the inGnhation Of
Very heavy surface on the barrier
forced the party to relay work during
taken on the outward Journey. Tle
temperature was seldom above minus
SO deGre's and often below minus 10
sling thermometer being minus - de-
arees. Behind a land ridge on the
SLOPES OF Mount Terror the party spent
which they rooted with canvas from |
this camp.
The same night a violent gale com
puate shelter from the hurricane gusts
which Whirled down on the hut.
firIes aW Wsr" "'b b1rw rSre awn scored ar
straining for fourteen hours the roof
Of the hut flew to ibbons. For thirty
hours more the travellers were confined
in their frozen sleeping beds, hair
buried beneath snow and rock debris. |
FortN-etsht hours elapsed before the
get a meal, Searching for lost articles |
they. We're fortunate in finding the
missing tent between some morainic
boulders. practically uninjureh. The
state of their equipment now forced
them t" turn homeward. ON the return
journey, they We're held for two days
ny a n - or ~ nl.,lo - go. ,rl,; til, I
rtiaiure fell and remained below minus !
D" degrees. The party returned after !
hVc absences incaStcd in ice and suf- !
f"rin2 from want of sleep, but other
wise we'll
First Antarctic Telephone Lines.
At TN" end of the month. telephone
II~hl'h ull!catl"n was established with
bare f'"t w rn!n' FRS ,]sIeph t'f,"sn has miles a,rs,d Of
proved extremely. useful for reporting
tne nun Der parties, pending changes
or weather.. Lieutenant Evans. Gran
and Forde Travelled to Corner camp to
cairns. They experienced tenn
EtratureS between minus 60 and 20. and
hut ar" now recovering rapidly. With
i,pWcs, Simpson and Petty officer
Evans; ! 'raveled west on sept. IS;
by stakes planted by Wright that the
10" stream had moved thirty feet in
Sry.n months. Later. forty-five miles
part of the glacier tongue broken in
March with the forge depot left by
intact.
n" need of Increasing eXerciS" for the
ponies we" have been unable to under
,ake iurther spring Journeys The
iaNl"f. l'ehenham, Gran and t'orlc,
delayed by Forbes accident. will leave
a few days for Granite IIarbor.
All plans and preparations for the
southern journey are now complete and
the accident of last season we
have great hope of success. The neces-
ponies has decided me not
to expose them to great cold. We shall
therefore start later than originally in
tended
The motor sledee party, consisting of
lieutenant Evans, Bay. Lashley. and
motor Sledses, dragging fuel and for
age me motors experienced uneX-
pecteh difficulty on sea ice where it
was very thinly covered with snow,
surface OF the barrier beyond the base
camp OF last season. they have: there
beyond question. The pony
party. consisting OF myself with Will
SOD, Oats covers. Cherry; Garrard;
Koehane, will start about November /.
Independently of the success of the
motors, ponies will be worked with
Camp with fun loads and easy marches
to One-Ton Camp and with such pres
sure as necessary Thereafter. Dog
Ton Camp and help to advance loads.
BY these means We nope to get thirty
units of food to the foot OF Beardmore
sion for four men. Then with three
of four men and t~wenty-one
units Of provisions, | hope to extend
II the weather conditions are not Who'll
ly unfavorable. OF the ten remaining
ponies one is unreliable and one doubt
flI inc remainder hpinD in VnGV fine