Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-15

Hobart, Tasmania On the 10th
OF February, 1911, we commenced
TO work our way toward the south,
from that day to the 18th of April
establishing three depots, which
in all contained a quantity of provis-
ions of about 5000 kilos. One thou
sand six hundred kilos, including
100 kilos of seal meat, were cached
in 80 degrees, 700 kilos in 81 degrees
and 800 kilos in 50 degrees south lat
1tude.
= AS no landmarks were to be seen,
these depots were marked with flags
seven kilometers on each side in the
easterly and westerly directions. The
ground and the state of the barrier
were of the best, and specially well
adapted to driving with dogs. On
February Is, we had thus travelled
about 100 kilometers. The weight of
the sledges was 800 kilos, and the
number of dogs was six for each
sledge. The surface Of the barrier
The crevices were very local and
were found dangerous in only two
places. For the rest, long, smooth
undulations.
The weather was excellent, calm or
a light breeze. The temperature on
these depot trips was minus As Gel
sius or Centigrade Gao degrees below
zero Fahrenheit). On the 4th of
March, on our return from the first
trip, beginning on the 18th of Feb
Fuary, we found out that the Fran
had already left us. With pride and
delight we heard that her smart cap
tain had succeeded in sailing her
farthest south and there hosting the
colors of his country. A glorious mo-
ment for him and his comrades-the
farthest north and the farthest south.
Good old Fran The highest south
latitude attained was 7S degrees ALT
minutes.
Z Winter on the Ice Barrier.
Before the arrival of winter we had
5000 kifos of seal meat in the depots,
enough for ourselves and 10 dogs.
Eight dog houses, combination of
tents and snow huts, were built.
Having care for the dogs, the turn
came to use our solid little hut. 1t
was almost entirely covered with
snow by the middle of April. First
we had to get light and air. The Lux
lamp, which had a power of 200 stand
ard candles, gave us brilliant light
and kept the temperature up to 20
degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahren-
heit) throughout the winter, and our
excellent ventilation system gave us
all the air we wanted
In direct communication with the
hut and dug-out on the barrier were
workshops, packing rooms, cellars for
provisions, coal, wood and oil, plain
bath, steam bath and observatories.
Thus we had everything within doors
If the weather should be too cold and
stormy
The sun left us on the 22nd of April
and did not return until four months
later The winter was spent in
changing our whole outfit, which on
the depot trips was found to be too
clumsy and solid for the smooth sur
face of the barrier. Besides this, as
much scientific work as possible was
done, and some astonishing meteoro-
logical observations were taken.
Open Water All Winter.
There was very little snow, and
there was open water close by
throughout the winter. For the same
reason higher temperature had been
expected, but it remained very low.
In FIVE months there were observed
temperatures between minus so and
60 degrees Celsius (58 and 76 de-
grees below zero FahrenheiD, the
lowest temperature on the 18th of
August being minus SO degrees Gel
sius. It was then calm. On the 1st
of August the temperature was minus
So degrees Celsius, and there were