The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-12
BY RoALp AMUNosEN.
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Hobart, Tasmania. March 8, 1920.
o m.--On the 10th OF February, 1911,
We commenced to work our way to
ward the south. from that day to the
Nth OF April establishing three de-
poth, which in all contained guam
'tity OF provisions Of about 1000 kilos.
One thousand six hundred kilos, in.
eluding LOO kilos Of seal meat, were
cached in so degrees, 700 kilos In 81
degrees and 500 kilos in SO degrees
south latitude.
AZ no landmarks were to be seen,
these depots were marked with flags,
aeven kilometers on each side In the
sasterly and westerly directions. The
ground and the state OF the barrier
were OF the best, and especially well
adapted to driving with dogs. On
Fob. Is, we had thus Travelled about
100 kilometers. The weight Of the
sledges was 200 kllos, and the mum.
Der OF dogs was six for each sledge.
The surface of the barrier was smooth
and fine, with no satrugi The crew.
ices we're very local and were found
dangerous In only two places For
ehe rest. long smooth undulations.
The weather was excellent, calm or
O aight breeze. The lowest tempera-
tura on these depot trips was minus
a. celsius or centigrade t49 degrees
No hr., al Nm ha
IL March. on our return from the first
"trip beginning on the 18th OF Febru-
afy. we found out that the Fran had
already left us. With pride and de-
light we heard that her smart cap
tain had succeeded in sailing her fur
thsst south and there holstlng the col
ora OF his country, glorious moment
for him and his comrades. the fur
theat north and the furthest south,
good old Fran. The highest south
latitude attained was rs degrees IL
sninates.
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, combination OF
tents and snow huts were built
Having cared for the dogs, the turn
came To use our solid little hut. It
wan almost entirely covered with
snow by the middle OF April First
ve had TO got light and air The lux
lamp. which had power of 200 stand
ard candles, gave us u brilliant light
sud kept the temperature mp TO 20 de-
grees celsius (6S degrees Fahrenhelt)
throughout the winter, and our excel.
lent ventilation system gave us all
tho air we wanted.
In direct communication with the
nut and dugout on the barrier were
workshops, packing rooms, cells for
pr0visions, coal, wood and oil, plain
bath, "A steam bath and observatorles.
Thus we had everything within doors
n the weather should be too cold and
stormy
The sun left us on the 22nd OF
April and did not return until four
m0nths later. The winter was spent
n changing our whole outfit. which
On the depot trips was found to bs
90 clumsy and solid for the smooth
surface OF the barrier. Besides this,
a. much scientific work as possible
was done, and some astonishing me.
genealogical observations were taken
Open Water All Winter.
There was very little snow. and
there was open water close by
shroughout the winter. For the same
teaHon higher temperature had beer
expected. but IL remained very low.
In five months there were ohseryet
temperatures between minus 30 anc
GO degrees celsius (5S aud 10 degrees
below zero fahrenheiD, the lowes
temperature. on the l3th OF August
Aeing minus 90 degrees celsius. j
was then calm. On the lst OF Angus
4hs temperature was minus bS dc
9Fees celsius ana there were six me
tsra OF wind. The mean temperature
Tor the year was minue 20 degree
ss'sius lif.s) below zero fahrenhelt)