Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-03-15
SOUTH POLE IS DISCOVERED
BY SCOTT OR AMUNDSEN

on June j, l3lO, ana W8o JOIuc0 later,
in New Zealand. by Captain Scott.
Stores sufhcient for three years
we're carried. In January, 1911, Cap
tain Scott and his comrades went
South to establish depots, the Terra
Nova meanwhile returning to New
Zealand. All through the summer ii
was intended to make the final pre-
parations for the last dash toward the
pole which was to be carried out az
the end of the year.
At the furthermost part Of Ross
sea Captain Scott debarked his party
from his ship, the Terra Nova. I'm
mediately at this point Of debarka-
ton stands out the great volcano,
Mount Erebus, from which rises con-
stantly great column Of steam. 1t
is one Of the dread localities Of the
antarctic, to which navtgators have
given the name Of Terror Bay, for here
Nordenskiold's ship. the Antarctfc. vas
crushed In the ice. Back of-t1GSA bay
the steam-wrapped volcano stands out
like a sentinel against the ice-cov-
cred mountain range stretching south
ward.
Captain Scott made his first winter
quarters on the slope Of the mountains
and there remained until November,
1911. 1t was then his dash began. His
plan was to cover the remaining dis
lance by the end of December and
then Immediately about face" and
make the dash back again. Besides
his equipment of food he had placed
reliance on a score of ponies with
twenty-nine dogs and one motor sled.
He designed to use this sledge In
making rapid progress over the COM
paratively level stretches of the Coot
hills. Due allowance was made for
the death of ponies and dogs, the
steady depletion of stores and the loss
of vitality of the party making up the
expedition.
Four other expeditions made the
trip to the Antarctic, each of them
with view Of reaching the south
pole. The most important of these is
considered to be that of the Norwe-
gian, Captain ROAD Amundsen, who
utilized the celebrated Polar ship The
Fran, which DR.. Fridtjof hansen used
in his explorations in the Arctic ocean
from 1893 to 1896. Captain Amundser
left Buenos Ayres towards the close of
1910 and reached Tasmania yesterday.
Another expedition is that of the
Mr.. Mawson, who ~ one
Of the members of the Shackletcn ex-
petition. The vessel used by him is
the Aurora, which left Australia in No
1910.
The German Antarctic expedition,
under the leadership of Lieutenant
Filchner of the Bavarian
army, sailed on board the steamer
Deutschland from Buenos Ayres on
Oct. last year.
A Japanese expedition, under Lieu
tenant Shirase, left the South on
board the Kianan Maru from Sydney
aarbor on Nov. 20 last.
Captain Amundsen's return to civ
lization two weeks before he was ex-
oected has caused some surprise.
This is felt especially by the mem
oers of the British Royal Geographi-
al society.
1t is pointed out by officials Of the
'ociety that Captain Amundsen in
ended to make q dash pure and
simple to the south pole and that he
lad no intention of carrying out any
arge program of scientific work.
Captain Amundsen, the discoverer >
II the Northwest passage. left Norway
n 1910, for the purpose of making an
'ttempt to drift across the Arctic
'cean in search Of the north pole, a
'oyage which was likely to occupy not
ess than six years. He changed his
'lans, however. and announced his in
ention of starting on an antarctic
expedition
Captain Amundsen left Buenos
Ayres toward the close of 1910 and
us steamer Fran went into winter
uarters early in 1911 at Bay of
in Ross sea. In the DAM for
ne south pole Amundsen was several
aonths ahead of Captain Scott. the
British explorer.
Just when Captain Amundsen began
lis race for the pole is not known.
ie had with him men, ZIG dogs and
complete equipment According to
aaii advices from Amundsen. he
oped to reach the pole by way of
'eadmore glacier.
captain Amundsen was to have
cen picked up by his ship some time
February of this year on his return
rom the trip across the ice.