Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-03-20

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east at ss6 degrees south latitude and
163 degrees west longitude. formed be-
tween the southeast mountain range
running from South Victoria land and
as range on the opposite side running
In a southwesterly direction probably
q continuation Of King Edward VII.
land. 81 m . ~ 81 $i
On the thirteenth we reached s4 de-
grees where We established depot;
on the sixteenth we were at IS de-
grees. where. also. we made a depot
From our winter quarters. Fran
helm. 70 degrees 80 minutes south
latitude, we had been marching due
south. On the seventeenth Of Novem-
Der. at IS degrees. We arrived ut =
place where the land and barrier were
connected. This was done without
any great difficulty. The barrier hero
rises In undulations to about 800 feet
Some few big crevices Indicated the
limited boundary.
Here we made our head depot, tar
king provisions for sixty days on
sledges and leaving thirty days provi-
sions on the spot.
The land under which we lay. and
which we now had to attack, looked
quite imposing. The nearest submits
along the barrier had q height OF from
1000 to 10000 feet. but several others
farther south were $4,000 feet or more.
The next day we began TO climb.
The first part of it was an easy task
light stops and well filled mountain
sides. It did not take long time. for
our willing dogs worked their way up.
Further UP. we met with soIae small
but very steep glaciers. Here We had
to harness 20 dogs to each sledge and
take the four sledges in two lurns. In
some places IT. was SO steep that It
was difficult enough to use oul skis.
Some big crevices forced VI from
time to time to make detours. The
first day we & climbed 1000 feet, the
next day mostly up some small gla-
ciers. camping at height OF $500
feet. The third day we We're obliged
to 60 down on a mighty glacier.
.Axel Helbergs Glacier" which divided
the coast mountains aud the rlo,ln-
tains farther south.
The next day began the longest part
OF our climb Many detours lad to
he made in order to avoid board
cracks and open crevices.
Glaciers Source Of Peril.
These were APPARENTLY mostly filled
up. az the glaciers in al probability
had long ago stopped moving, but We
had to be careful. never knowing for
certain how thick was the layer that
covered them.
Our camp that night lay in pic
turesque surroundings at \ height Of
5000 feet The glacier here was mar
rowed in between the two $1,000 feet
high mountains. the Fridtjof Nansen
and the DON Pedro Christophersen.
From the bottom Of the glacier rose
Mount Ole Englstad. q big snow cone
1880 feet high. The glacier was
much broken in this comparatively
narrow pass. The mighty crevioes
seemed to stop us from going farther,
but it was not 20 serious az it APP
peared.
Our dogs, which up to this time had
covered distance Of about 700 kilo-
meters, the last days very hard work.
ran this day thirty-five kilometers. the
ascent being $500 feet-an almost in
credible record. IL,
1t took US only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inland
plateau.
We camped that night at a height of
10000 feet. Here we had to kill ~
Of our brave companions and keep III,
six for each OF our three gledges.
We stopped here four days OF &C
count OF bad weather. Tired Of this.
we set out on the 25th Of November.
On the 26th, in a furious blizzard
and in a dense snowdrift, absolutely
nothing was to- be seen. but We felt
that, contrary to expectations, We
were going fast downhtll. The hypso-
meter gave us that day q descent OF
600 feet.
Faces Frozen During Gale.
We continued our march the next
day in a gale, and dense snowdr1ft
got our faces badly frozen. We could
see nothing.
We reached that day Y6 degrees
dead reckoning. The hypsometer In
dicated fall OF 800 feet. The next
day was similar. 0s
The weather cleared a little at din
ner time and exposed to our view
mighty mountain range to the east,
and not far on, only for Q moment,
and then 1t disappeared in the dense
snowdrift.
On the goth it Gained down and
the sun shone, though 1t was not the
only pleasant surprise he gave US. In
our course stretched big glacier run
ming toward the south.
Discover Mountain Range.
At its eastern end was the mountain
range going in southeasterly dtrec-
ton. OF the western part Of 1t no
view was to be had, it being hidden
in the dense fog.
At the foot of this glacier. the
DEVILS glacier. depot for six days
was established at 1921 degrees south
latitude. The hypsometer indicated
5000 feet above sea level. F.o
On November 30 we began to climb
tie glacier. The lower. part of 1t was
mach broken and dangerous. More
over, the snow bridges often burst
From our camp that night we had
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