Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-03
sCuRvY ATTACKS
POLAR EXPLORER
Plight of Scott's Companion
Adds to Hardship of
+ Expedition.

WELLINGTON, n. r., April 3.-The
second chapter of Captain Robert T.
SCOTS story of his Antarctic expert
ence shows that not only did the party
have to fight the intense cold but the
scurvy also added to the hardship of
the expedition. Lieutenant Evans was
the sufferer and had to be moved for
miles wrapped in fnrs, the party tray
cling night and day to save his life.
Previous to the lash over the last
15O miles Captain Scott detailed three
parties from his ship, the Terra Nova,
to explore surrounding countries. 1t
was at latitude 1915 that Lieutenant
Evans and Two companies began their
homeward journey. On January 3 they
had averaged eighteen miles daily. On
this date a blizzard was encountered.
They wer forced to descend hundreds
of feet, riding their sledges down the
glacier. The lieutenant and his part
found themselves in a maze of ridges,
crevasses and ice packed high, necessl-
tating climbing every day. In this
p~erilous travel the members of the
party We're badly bruised and much
damage was % to the sledges.
In the midst Of this hardship it was
Gu It'd 'N
suffering from scurvy. For four days
he struggled on pluckily. until from
sheer pain, after covering fifty-three
miles, it was found that he was unable
10 continue ON his skis.
After a consultation it was decided
by his companions to place him in his
fur sleeping-bag and make the further
Journey with him Dol a sledge.
The incessant snowfall forced the
abandonment of this plan. 1t vas
then decided thai while one of the
party should remain with Lieutenant
Evans, the other should hike back to
the hut, a distance estimated at thirty
miles, to notify the relief party.
Exhausted by the effort, scarcely able
to drag himself further, the messenger
reached the hut established for h re-
lief party which was told of in the
previous chapter of Captain Scott's
narrative.
The distance back to where Lieuten-
ant Evans had been left was covered
by all night travel. The dash back to
the hut was a forced march, because
of the anxiety felt for the ~lieutenant's
condition, the thirty miles being trav-
eled in five hours.
Lieutenant Evans, who has entirely
~ove from the disease, says there
is no necessity for any anxiety to be
felt for Captain Scott. He reports him
as being in the best of health and says
his dog teams will certainly be able 20
make the return, as there are five of
them.
Griffith Taylor. in charge of the
western geological party, makes the
following report:
"On January 81, 1911, we landed below
the Ferrar glacier. An alcove in the
glacier was due to sun formation,
which shows the tremendous power Of
the solar rays in these regions. An
extinct crater was found 2,400 feet
above the glacier. The glacier was of
late age. We also discovered e. fresh
water AXE frozen only on its surface.
THE lake was full of algae. There
was an abundance of gravel. Below
this point was found an area of lime
stone which we discovered to be rich
with g~arnets. Our party watched for
gold but found none. They were re-
warded by magnetic"
Taylor says that on the west oas of
the Kottlitz Glacier was found a large
subterranean stream. which flowed
under the glacier for twenty-five miles
into the sea. This stream. he says.
shows evidence of being a route for
seals.
The party reports that thousands Of
wingless insects were found.