Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-14
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE
DISCOVERY OF THE
SOUTH POLE.
TELLS THRILLING STORY
Temperature at the Pole on the Day
OF Discovery Found to Be Only
81 Degrees Below Zero
Fahrenheit.

oJI SUuSSs
Cnrlstlania, Norway. - Captain
hoald Amundsen, the Norwegian ex-
plorer, has cabled two local news
papers from Hobart, Tasmania, that
he reached the south pole on Dec. IA,
1911.
The dispatch is as follows:
Pole reached fourteenth-seven-
teenth December
Captain Amundsen sent second ca
BILE denying having telegraphed that
Captain Scott Of the British expedition
mad reached the south pole or that he
had telegrapned anything at all about
Scott.
Honor Goes to Amundsen.
The honor for the achievement of
reaching the south pole must now be
given to the Norwegian explorer until
Lieutenant Scott announces the results
pf his expedition.
Captain Amundsen has, for many
years, been considered one of the most
daring and competent of explorers A
sailor from youth he started polar re-
search at the age of Is, when he par
hcipated in the Belgian antarctic expe-
dltion under command of Gerlache.
He was first officer of the vessel, and
the voyage lasted from 1897 to 1899.
On his return he made up his mind to,
continue polar research, but this time
he decided to go to the north in an
endeavor to discover the northwest
passage.
He prepared himself for the task by
undergoing a course of two years
study in magnetism and meteorology,
after which he sailed for the. north
from Christiania on board the Gjoa,
with crew of only eight men, June
Is, 1908. 80
Proceeding to Lancaster sound he
sailed past Cape Adelaide and King
William land and Ross strait The
! vessel wintered in that part For
many months Amundsen drifted along,
and finally, on August 26, met an
American whaler to the east of Cape
Bathurst. He ultimately brought his
little vessel through the Behring strait
and thus, for the first time, accom-
I plished the northwest passage. Il
During the voyage he determined ex-
actly the position of the magnetic
pole. Altogether he was three years
away from Norway.
The Fran, which Captain Amundsen
pelected for his latest expedition, has
been used for many years in arctic
explorations. From 1893 to 1896, dur
Ing the expedition of DR.. Fridjof
oh q ~
about 1000 miles in the Arctic ocean,
5000 miles of this being accomplished
while she was frozen solid in the ice.
She was not damaged at all during
this voyage.
kilograms of congratulations in the
name of King Haakon of the Nor
wegian government and of the Geo
graphical society mere were forwarded
10 Captain Amundsen at Hobart. His
majesty has consented to the use Of
his name and that of Queen Maud on
the maps Of the newly discovered ter
ntory in the Antarctic. This city is
gayly decorated with flags and bunting
In honor of Captain Amundsen's &C.
somplishment.
BY HOAAD AM ONDSfINs II
Copyright. 1912, by The New. York
Times Company. All rights ,reserved.)
Hobarttown Tasmania Feb. To-
our way toward the southwark, from
that day to April II, establishing three
depots, which in all contained a quaint
ty of provisions about 5000 kilos
One thousand six hundred kilos, in,
GLIDING LOO kilos of seal meat, were
cached in 80 degrees, 700 kilos in 81
degrees and 800 kilos in 80 degrees
south latitude. AS the land marks we're
to be seen, these depots were marked
with flags, seven kilometers on each
side in the easterly and westerly d.
rectiOns.
The ground and the state Of the bar.
rier were of the best, and specially
we'll adapted to driving with dogs. On
February Is, we had travelled about
100 klometers. The weight of the
sledges was 800 kilos, and the num-
Der of dogs was six for each sledge.
The surface of the barrier was smooth
and fine with no sastrugi; the crevices
were local and were found dangerous
In only two places, for the rest long,
smooth undulation The weather was
excellent, calm, or with light breeze.
The lowest temperature on these depot
trips was minus IS Celsius or Cent?
grade (49 degrees below, Fahrenheit
On March A, on our return from the
first trip beginning February Is, we
found out that the Fran had already
left us. With pride and delight we
heard that her smart captain had sue
ceeded in sailing her furthest south
and there hosting the .colors of his
country glorious moment for him
and his comrades-the furthest north
and the furthest south-good old Fran.
The highest south latitude attained
was Is degrees Al minutes.
Winter on the Ice Barrier.
Before the arrival Of winter we had
ono ki1Os of seal meat in the danOtS