The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15

" WAS ulHerent matter. II COuI'
easily he seen that they shrunk from
day 10 day, and we understood prett.
soon that they could not stand tn,
long run to our depot at so degree
south.
We agreed on returning and to wal
for the arrival Of spring. The provis
ions were cached and of ". went 10
the hut. With the exception Of III,
loss of few dogs and q couple o
frozen heels everything was all right
Only In the middle Of October sprint
came In earnest Seals and birds sp
peared. The temperature was stead,
between 20 and 80 celsius t6s degrees
and IS degrees fahrenheiU.
The original plan that all Of M
should 20 toward the south had beer
changed Five men had to do this
work, while the other three we're &c
start for The east and visit King Ed
ward VII land. This last mentioned
trip was not included In our pro
gram. but owing TO the fact that the
English had not reached Il. At least
this summer. as was their intention
we agreed that the best thing 10 dc
was also TO make this "trip.
On Ocohcr 20, the southern party
started. Ave men, four sledges. nifty.
two dogs, and provisions for four
months, everything In excellent
order.
The Journey TO the Pole.
no Il. ...g. 81.
'he FIRST part Of the rip az early as
possible In order to give ourselves
and the dogs q rational training. and
on the 23rd We made our depot In SO
degrees south. We went right ahead.
In spite ~ the dense fog an error
Of Two TO three klomecers happened
once In u while, but We we're caugh,
by the napuarks. and found these or
our way withon difficulty.
Having rested and fed the dogs or
all the seal meat they were able &c
eat. We started again on the 2dth
vi h he temperature steadily between
minus 20 and - celsius - degrees
ard 80 degrees below zero fahrcn.
hcir.
From the start II VAS the Intention
not IN drive more than 30 kilom.ters
= day. hu' II appeared hat this was
TOO little for our strong. willing AMI
mails. Vt NJ degrees south We began
Ia build snow cairns Of 4 mans height.
IN o,ier % have mars on our re-
inrn rip. On the 3ls We reached
~" depot ~ N degrees. and stopped
there one day and fed The dogs on a.
much pcmmican ~ the, wanted.
". reached the depot u, 81 degrees
on ~. 9Th Of November. where tn,
logs FOR the last time got all the,
wanted % .a'. ON the sth. southwark
again. with a daily march OF 30 kllo
meters.
In orl,l to light our heavy sledges
Ne established depots At each degre,
# south latitude.
Like . Pleasure Trip.
The rip from So 10 81 degrees he
came a pleasure trip, excellent ground
nne siedsine. and an even tempera
,urc. Everything went like dance.
On the 9th. We sighted South Vic.
torla land and the continuation OF the
mountain range which Sir Ernest
Shacke'ton mentioned In his chart a.
running toward the southeast from
the Bcardmore glacier. and on tn,
same day We reached 81 degrees and
cst shiishcd here depot No. Z. On the
nth we made an interesting discovery
that the Ross barrier terminated IN
y high, toward the southeast at s.
degrees south latitude and 1853 degrees
west longitude, formed between the
southeast mountain range running
from South Victoria land and range
on he opposite side running In q
somhw"st'rly direction. probably o
continuation Of King Edward VII
and.
On the 18th We reached ~ deRrees
where We established u depot. on the
10th we were at s. degrees, where
also, We made a depot.
From our winter quarters, Fran.
helm" "a degrees rs minutes sontl
latitude, we had been marching duc
south. on the 18th Of November. n,
81 degrees, We arrived at place
where the land and barrier were con.
nrc'ei. This Was done without any
great difficulty, The barrier here
rises IN undultations 20 about 800
feet Some fes big creyiccs indicated
the limited boundary.
Here We made our head depot, TAX.
Ing provisions for sixty DAYS on