The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-05
POLAR PERILS
TOLD BY SCOTT
British Explorer Relates Thrill
ing Narrative of Expedi-
tion in Antarctic.
ESCAPES DEATH MANY TIMES
Whole Camp Floats Away on Drift Ice
Party Falls Into Crevasse-Doas
and Ponies Perish-Sends Word
Back as He Starts
Final Dash.


Special Notice.-Captain Robert F.
6cotts narrative Of his explorations in
the Antarctic, published below, was issued
by New York Times company yesterday
as book, duly entered for copyright and
publicly exposed for sale. the same being
it's first publication anywhere in the
world. Its production in this newspaper
is of course duly authorized. It's repro
ductI9n elsewhere in the United States IN
New York Times company is forbidden.
Title under which the narrative is
copyrighted: Capt. SCOTS STORYTELLING
eriences-Miraculous Escapes-Dar
Ing Winter Observation-Disclosures Scientific
Work-Ffrst Antarctic Telephone Installed
IN otor Sledges Did Good Work-Cinema-
eograph Records Taken-Expedition Stead
Wy Approaching Pole When Last Heard
Copyright 1912 by the New York Times
company Gall rights reserved.
Copyrighted In the United Kingdom by
the Central News, Ltd, London.
Registered in the Department Of Agri.
culture, copyright branch, DOMINION Oh
Canada, by the Central News, Ltd Lon
don.
Akaroa, New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PelnelI, commander Of the Terra Nova
of the British antarctic expedition OF
1910, which arrived here, brought with
him a long and intensely interesting
account Of the work and experiences
of the expedition up to January last,
Written expressly for the New York
Times by Capt Robert F. Scott, the
Leader of the expedition.
Captain Scott Will remain another
year in the antarctic to complete his
important scientific expedition and
with the hope of attaining the pole.
Captain Scott relates a story of
fgightful experiences in which he and
most of his party narrowly escaped
death; the story is plainly told, but
pictures to mems minds adventures
auch as few have passed through. At
one time Captain Scott found his camp
floating away, the plaything OF the
moving broken foes.
This striking story begins with the
expedition in winter quarters at Nc
Murdo sound in October, 1911. They
Returned there on October 80 and rest
I'D, after a most unlucky start south
ward, in which they lost most of their
dogs and Manchurian ponies, upon
9hich, next to his motor sledges,
Scott had placed most dependence.
Scott says:
Shortly after the departure from
Cape Evans Of the party who were es-
tablishing depots for the journey
south the ice broke south of the cape,
severing communication. Because OF
the heavy weight which had to be
fro t0 no nv
consisting Of twelve men, eight ponies
and two dog teams, occupied until
January 80 in establishing the base
camp on the ice barriers near Hut
Point
Has Narrow Escape.
The surface of the snow was soft.
The work was terribly hard for the
ponies and heavy blizzard, which
lasted three days, was a further Sc
we're trial for the animals, which were
not in good condition.
ION February we proceeded south,
marching at night and resting in the
daytime. The weather was exception
ally bad, but the surface of the ice
improved. Nevertheless three of our
zard succumbed. On February 16 we
reached 1914 degrees of latitude,
SOUTH and there We determined to
make a depot, to leave ton of stores
and return to the base camp, and we
did so with the dog teams.
But on the way the entire party
fell into a crevasse except Mears and
!, &C. H. Mears was in charge of the
&ogs and ponies.) He and l were on
the sledge, which was miraculously
heid up on part of a bridge over the
2revasse on which we were travelling.
The two dog teams hung by the har-
aess and were eXtricated with difficult
" Some were badly injured.
After our arrival at the camp the
at0trc ragged for three days. The
enormous accumulation of snow, car
sied here and there by the wind, baf-
led all efforts that we made to shell
tor the ponies by building walls OF
snow. So we decided to return to
Hut Point, seven miles away. l re-
manned behind with two others to
save one pony which was suffering
from the blizzard. On nearing Hut
Point the others of the party encoun-
tered cracks in the Ice which were
working and enlarging. Hastily they
marched south four miles. At half
past four in the morning they found
that the sea ice had broken all around
and that the camp was moving under
a heavy sea swell One pony vanished
in a crack from the line where they
had been picketed. With infinite diff
Guilty we dragged the ponies, jumping