The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-03-14

BRITISH SCIENTISTS CONFIDENT
NORWEGIAN .ExPLoRER,E
RECORDS ARE COMPLETE.
NO WORD R 0 JAPANESE
Report From Scott Is Awaited With
I" interest-Announcement Made
That Amundsen viii lnvesti.
gate North Polar Region.

London, March 11.-No question of
proofs will be raised so far as Captain
Road Amundsen is concerned when
he reaches civilization. The captain
landed from the Fran at Hobart. Tas-
mania. for a brief period and made
1t plain, that he will not wait long to
submit his proofs that he actually dis
covered the pole, but will send them to
the various geographical societies on
the near future.
The fact that no word has been re-
ceived from Captain Scott is accepted
by the majority Of English newspapers
as meaning that Amundsen arrived al
the south pole first. 1t is believed,
however, that Scott has by now also
reached the pole, although there will
be great anxiety until he reports.
There seems to be a general accept
ance from Englishmen that the Nor
wegian did exactly what he said he
did in. the cable dispatch received by
his brother, which stated that he
spent three days at the pole, that he
did this to prevent as.y question of his
success.
Observations taken on three days in
succession at high noon, it is said.
could not well be said to be faxed,
and there can be no question made
such as vas raised for a time in con.
nection even with. DR.. Cooks proofs
among certain scientists.
Nothing From Japanese Expedition.
The Hobart dispatch to the Daily
Express says that Amundsen, after
meeting Captain Scott in the Bay of
Whales on Jan. -, 1911, camped with
nine men in longitude 1874 west and
latitude 7S. 1t is said that he saw and
knew nothing of the japanese expedi-
ton.
A special dispatch to the Star from
Hobart says when the question was
bluntly put to Amundsen whether Cap
tain Scott reached the south pole, the
Norwegian explorer positively refused
to answer it. .e
Leon Amundsen says that his broth
er will now attempt to reach the
north pole and that his ship, the
Fran, will be sent to San Francisco,
where the explorer will go In 1913,
after making a lecture our through
Australia and Europe. ..
That Scott probably discovered the
empty Norwegian tent, with the nag
of Norway flying, abandoned in the
limitles wastes of ice, and snow at
the lowerniost end of the earth when
he reached his ~long-coveted goal, Is
considered nearly certain. All that
could then lie done by him. Of course,
would be to plant his own flag, verify
his observations and start back.
Dogs Given Great Credit.
There is a general feeling to give
Amundsen's dogs great credit for his
trip. Their work was wonderful and
shows explicitly what is possible for a
well-trained pack when handled by
men who know Just how to get the
last bit of speed anu strength out OF
them. The wonderful dash To the COW
eted goal, the surrounding of, noun.
tains of ice, as related by the intrepid
the scientists. So certain are the Eng
lishmen that Amundsen reached the
pole and that he was FIRST there that
King George personally ordered con-
CALCULATIONS SEM, to King haakon to-
day.
All of the geographical discoveries
reported by Amundsen are said by the
experts. here to he OF the utmost i'm
p%ortance. The value OF the Norwe-
gian's discoveries. ~Shackleton says,
cannot be overestimaled.