The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-14
Nth its submits and peaks about To-,
100 feet high. We only saw the nesres

Nth its submits and peaks about To-
100 feet high. We only saw the nearest
surroundings. Ii took us three days
q enrmount the Devils Glacier, al
'ays in misty weather.
on The Isl OF December We lett this
broken glacier With holes and creylces
without number, with its height of
,,i00 feet. Before US. l~ooRine, in tne
mist and ~snowGrifts. like a frozen sea.
appeared a light, sloping ice plateau
1lled VITA small hummocks.
The walk Over This frozen sea MSS
not pleasant. The ground under us
was quite hollow and it sounded as
though we were walking On The bet
toms of empty barrels. As il was, a
man fell through, then s couple OF
dogs. We could not use ON skis on
This polished ice Siedses had the hes,
OF ii
The place has The name OF the
Devils Dancing Room This part of
our march was the most unpleasant.
On December 9th We got our greatest
height, according 10 the hypsometer
and aneroid, 600 feet. at 81 degrees
minutes south. On December Slh we
came out OF The bad weather. Once
again the sun smiled on us. Once
again We could get an observation
Dead reckoning and observation were
exactly alike-SS degrees IS minutes
lt.6 seconds south.
Before us lay AN absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
With tiny sastrueie.
/ In the afternoon we passed IS de-
siees % minutes lShackleton's fur
thest south Was So degrees % minutes
We camped and established our last
depot. No. 10. From IS degrees
% minutes the plateau began TO slope
down very gently and smoothly To-
wards the other side.
On December 8 We reached Sc de-
srees 81 minutes; ON December 10
IS degrees 5G minutes; December III
50 degrees Ia minutes: December ~
50 degrees 80 minutes: December ~
SO degrees a. minules.
Up to lhis time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remarkably
we'll, and We made out that We ought
to be AT the pole on December IA in
the afternoon.
That day Was q beautiful one, a
light breeze from southeast, tempera-
tire minus 80 Celsius l9.4 degrees be-
low zero ~F'alrenheit), and The ground
and sledeins We're perfect. The day
Went along as usual, and AT . p. NJ.
we made a halt.
According to our reckoning we had
reached oar destination. All of us
gathered around the colors-a beau
THU silk flag all hands taking hold
OF it, planting il, The vast plateau on
which the pole is standing has the
name of King iiaakon vi! Plateau"
1t is a vast plain, alike in al! direc.
tons; mile after mile during the night
we circled around the amp
In the fine weather we spent the
following day taking 4 series OF oh.
servations from 6 A.. NJ. TO ! p. NJ.
The result gave us SO degrees %
minutes.
In order to observe the pole as
closely as possible we Travelled, as near
w 80 lpsslylN, lilc IcLlnII1lS y htiU
meters.
On December 16 re camped. 1t was
an excellent opportunity. as there was
a brilliant sun Four of us took OBJ.
~seivations every hour OF the day S
twenty.tour hours. The exact result
will he the matter of a professional
private report.
This much is c~ertain-that we oh
served the pole as closely as it is in
human power TO do it with the instIu-
ment we had-a seXtant and an al,i
fetal horizon.
On December 18th everything was
in order on the spot. We fastened 10
the ground a itlle tent We had
brought along, a Norwegian flag and
the Fran pendant on The top of IT,
The Norwegian home AT the South
Pole was called "I'olheim." The dis.
lance from our winter quarters to the
pole was about LOO kilometers The
average march a day was % Mo.
meters.
We started on the return trip Dec
ember Il. Usually favorably weather
made our way home considerably east
er than the journey to the pole. We
arrived at our winter quarters. Fran
helm January %, 1912, with Two
sledges and eleven dogs, all we'll.
The daily average speed on the re-
turn trip was SO Kilometres; The low
est temperature was minus 81 Celsius
t238 degrees below zero F~ahrenheit),
the highest minus ! degrees Celsius,
t23 degrees above zero f~ahrenheitJ.
Among the results are the deter
mination OF the extent and character
OF the Ross Barrier, aud the discovery
OF the connection OF South Victoria
Land and probably King Edward VII
Land, with their continuation in The
mighty mountains running toward the
southeast, which We're observed as far
as IS degrees south, but which in an
probability continue across the an
tarctic continent.
The entire length OF the newly dis
covered mountains is about $50 kilo-
meters. They have been named Queen
Maud's Range"