Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-05
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First Antarctic Telephone Lines.

First Antarctic Telephone Lines.
At the e end nd Of the month, telephone E;1s,
pne4 was estaeshed wl5 Of
bare wire. This telephone has already
proved extremely useful for reporting
the number parties. pending changes
and Forde travelled to Corner Camp to
rebuild cairns. They experienced tenn,
peratures between minus go and ~, ana
Forbes hands were badly frost 1Ite1a,
but are now recovering rapidly. WITH
Bowes, Simpson and Petty Officer
ayeag Mest on We sept found
by stakes planted by Wright that the
ice stream had moved thirty feet IN
seven months. Later, forty-five miles
part of the glacier tongue broken IN
March with the forge depot left by
Campbell intact.
the need of increasing exercise for the
ponies we have been unable to under
take further spring journeys. me
Taylor, Debenham, Gran and Forde,
delayed by Forbes accident, will leave
in a few days for Granite Harbor.
southern journey are now complete ana
despite the accident of last season we
have great hope of success. The neces-
sity Of getting the utmost out of our
remaining ponies has decided me not
to expose them to great cold. We shall
| therefore start later than originally in
tended.
The motor sledge party, consisting Of
Lieutenant Evans, Bay, Lashley, and
| Hooper, started five days ago. with two
motor sledges. dragging fuel and for
age. The motors experienced unex--
| pected 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
fore, placed the possibilities of motor
traction beyond question:, The pony
party, consisting of myself with Will
| SON.. Oats, Bowers, Cherry. Garrard;
Atkinson, Wright, Evans, Cream, and
| Independently of. the success of the
motors, ponies will be worked with
light loads in easy marches to Corner
Camp with full loads and easy marches
to One-Ton Camp and with such pres
sure as necessary thereafter. Dog
teams starting will rejoin us at One
BY, these means we hope to get thirty
units of food to the foot of Beardmore
Glacier, a unit being weeks provi-
sion for four 70 fo men T men WEN
units of provisions, L hope to. extend
| the advance to the required distance
ly unfavorable. Of the ten remaining
| ponies one is unreliable and one doubt
| full the remainder being in very flne
form. Officers, and men arc in splen-
| did health, and eager to go forward.
Owing to my decision to postpone
there is an obvious chance that the
most advanced southerly party will be
unable to catch the Terra Nova before
| she is forced to quit the Sound. I'm
der these conditions, having regard to
important scientific work done and ia
have decided to maintain the station
for second year. The majority OF
the shore party will probably remain:
but details depend upon the date. OF
our returning from our journey on
| home news, and the extent of fresh
transport provided I shall greatly re
| gret the departure of any member, as
we have lived in the happiest social
accord.
Pointing probably returns with a
large batch of Photographic material
to which a second year might add lit
tie of Importance. Owing to Pontlng'
the Photographic results OF the eS
petition are a remarka pie rec so +t OF
scientific work of the expedition have
succeeded so far almost in their en-
tirety.
November "a, latitude 81, IS s: We
left Hut Point on the eve of Novem-
Der 2, having decided to march by
night and rest during the day to give
the ponies the benefit of warmer day
temperatures. We reached Corner
camp this morning: Travelling south
for sixty miles we followed the tracks
chimes abandoned. The party had pro-
ceeded onward as directed, We're de-
layed by a blizzard on the, Sth, but
ing of the 10th. The dog teams had
caught US up some days earlier and
the whole party proceeded in company.
One Ton Camp, which we left on the
18th. Having regard to the weight
of the loads, the heavy surfaces ana
limited number OF ANIMALS maj l "a ueG iott
This distance has been maintained
eight nights and so far as we &c, can
foresee it should be continues. I Inc
keeping condition remarkably well.
The first pony has been shot for eX-
pediency but could have travelled fur
Their The animals have ten pounds or
oats and three pounds of oil cake
daily. We are hopeful of getting the
mems food supply to the Glacler t a. af-
ficulty, but should be a day or two
later than anticipated.
We found the motor party WAITING thag
at latitude S01a. Two of their number
now leave us: The sole cause of the
abandoning of the motor was. the over
heating of the air-cooled engines. lime lime
taken in hand. The system OF propul-
sion of the motors proved entirely sat
isfactory. The machines dragged heavy
rier service and crossed, several crew
ices Considering inadequate trial
their success has been remaTkab na
liable tractor could be constructed that
would travel anywhere in this, region
and save the sacrifice of animals. We
are Du1IQ1nS SNOW CdlIIiS dl iiiI0i F~"A
of four miles to guide the homeward
parties and leaving a weeks provision
at every degree Of latitude to the Bar
rier. The surface was extremely PAD
and trying to the ponies up to one
Ton Camp, but has been comparatively
good since. The greater number OF the
ponies have been dragging over e9I
December 10, latitude SO degrees Il
minutes: After the return OF the mo-
tor party from latitude 81 degrees 10
minutes we pushed steadily south
hopeful for better weather condlt1on:s
A second pony was destroyed at latl-
. tude 80 degrees 10 minutes, a th1ro
at latitude 50 degrees As minutes, ano
; two more at the SD parallel None
Of these animals were exhausted bu1
were sacrificed to tighten loads anc
, give food for dogs. AS we proceeded
the weather grew worse, snowstorms
: were frequent, the sky continually E.
overcast and land very rarely visible
| Under these circumstances 1T was mos
difficult to keep a straight course anC
maintain steady marches. The ponies
continued to pull splendidly. The ex.
cellent condition they retained under
severe work 1 attribute entirely tt
: the management of Captain Oats, >.
In spite of delays we reached latl
tude SO degrees "a minutes within
twelve miles of Mount Hope on Dec
4 We could have reached the glacier