The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-08
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 According to Che plans Of captain so5st. outlined before he departed on .hs polar quest he would establish two bases on the Antarctic lee bar. Tier. one as MaoMureo bay, the oth- CT at Kaas EdwAfd's Land. or some 4so miles apart, to be, fl possible, connected by wireless telegraphy Each oE these bases would be about $50 statute miles from the South pole and by means of them both ends oi the barrier would be explored. t is krovn that the MaCMprao bay post was securely established by GaptaiE Scot. the news having been brought back to New Zealand by his ship. the Terra Nova.
 How much more has been accom- plished by the Engllshman and his party is largely 0 matter for conjec ture. From the MseMuTdo bay base over the $50 miles to the pole. the real work of the expedition had Go be done The explorer declared hC expected 10 take from i2o to i5C days to make the journey to and from the base.
 Sentiment plays a part in the plans Of Captain Scott, who said before leaving that he would have white men with him al the pole lie com mented on the fact hat Commandei Peary bad a single lone negro viti him when he reached the North pole Scot sa.~'~r 1sss he would have lt men with him on the l.--- '-i 5a cludlng the scientists or the party
 So well proyisloned Is the Scot expedition that H would not be nee essary for him to abandon the at tempt in the event that the frs dash dla not meet with success. II, could retarR to tthe base Of supplies rest during the ''off season" and re i turn 70 the task refreshed during th, next six months,
 Tn fact, VIC shall jolly well stoI there tn the thing is done sait Captain Scott just before be cu loose from civilization.
 Captain Scott is a veteran explorer having attained great success on hii memorable invasion Of the Antarcti, | ia l9oo-g. when he reached the thcT 9arthest south getting to latitud, | S2 degrees I6 minutes s3 second: south. or within 50 miles ot th, ' pole Shacsleton's expedition 0 1909 was the only one that has sur passed thts.
 The Norwegian. Captain Amundsen Is experiencing his first vislt to thy Antarctic, His previous fame va: achieved on the other end of tht esrth--the North. One of his great est accomplishments was the nago tiation ot Che great Northwest pas sage. Captain Amuudsen's ship. tho Tram, is also at New Zealand. stand ing hard by ready to take her skip per aboard when he returns from ths 1 hozen Antarctic.
 Had Amundsea and Scott departed only a few months sooner they would ! be fn ignorance Of the fact that the other pole had been discovered. How ever. they received the news just shortly before cutting loose rom civ ilizstion, and both declared that th, knowledge would act as an incentive Co greater effort In event that ous N them has succeeded. there does not remain a single extremity of the earth that has not been explored by civilized man.
 In some ways the conquest of ths South pole Is easier and ia some ways harder than that of the Nortf pole The North polar journey was made over sea, that to ue South role is over land. and therefore the Southern explorers are not subjected Co the open leads. the sudden dan gers Of opening ice or the heart breaking labor which made H nee essary to travel six miles in ordel 70 cover one mile of distance. The Southern journey Is on solid ground and straight ahead.
 But the Antarctic continent is mountainous. and dash" over ice. covered mountains presents difficulties no; met in the traeel over on ice covered ocean. The chief difficulty. however. is the terrific cold. the icy wind and the iDconceivable blizzapls that result from Che mountainous for. nation of the Antarctic continent. In the North, while it never becomes really mild, yet there are moderatiOns ot temperature. In the South the deadliest cold prevails in the heicht oi summer
 In the Far South there are no Es. quimaux; no kind of man could make his habitat there. But in tho dim and