The state herald., 1912-03-15

tn4<laSt word which was heard
u &hundsen before his dash to the
eFas received in New York on
y4 1911. After describing the
end@ qualities of the Fran during
11JeO0 mile voyage, and the care
ten OF the 100 Eskimo dogs, which
db4ome lis at the time of landing,
W0sighted the mighty barrier at
m. January IL. One would be
an human II one could behold
vcAX sight unmoved. AS far as the
IeUh see. from western to eastern
this wall of ice rises perpen-
, n 9y to height of 100 feet. And
D. Is only very small part of 1t
&pe sees. What must the man
'h' bought who first came upon this
), I'D for whom all further advance
.ap an impossibility? 1t was one
v worlds boldest and cleverest
lii, 5QYQ mot to say the cleverest of
QHalD. James Clark Ross, who
e, Ter baking his way through the ice
= elg gith his two sailing vessels, the
tqbQo and the Terror, came, in Feb
MtX 1912. upon this remarkable ice
n An Even at that time he observed
I've eat bay, but, OF course, did not
snture into 1t with sailing vessels.
uS or years after the Barrier was re.
es'Aroo1 as u bar to all further advance
,uthsard.
Barrier Is a Level Plain.
He Itfell to the lot of Norwegian,
aro(en Borchgrevink. in the Southern
TO- in 1900, TO prove that this was
aNot t1e case. He succeeded In enter.
small bay (Which has since dis.
'pDoored and been merged with the
oJQ4ing great bay). and thence get
'et1v1n TO the Barrier. Here he made
~ expedition and found that the
lAsxer extended southwards In the
= on OF wide. level plain. reaching
" IN as the eye could see. This de.
nolinhed the theory OF Its unassailable
AArorter. and opened the way to-
sar0 the south. Subsequently an
mgibhman. Captain Scott, succeeded
u loqding in MacMurdo strait. and
sheu1e made an expedition south,
var1s. Sir Ernest Shackleton's bril-.
liant expedition in 1908. In which he
!, 'eaehed latitude OF ss degrees 20
! minutes. will be known to everybody.
INC great bay. running southwest
INTO Tie Barrier. which have chosen
~ the base OF an expedition towards
Abe 9outh pole. has been observed not
tRlr hg,N
slso by Scott and Shackleton, and thus
sppears to be a constant formation.
somefhing that can be counted upon.
u uShackleton also thought he saw
si6go OF hills ut the head OF this bay.
Which would Indicate land. After
n readint these various accounts and
: thinklng the matter over. came to
: ~ Conclusion that this bay. which
: he's been proved 10 have had the same
\ sltooilon for period OF co years.
could not be chance formation In the
Barrier caused by the breaking off OF
tocbargs. but must have been produced
,by Underlying land or rising ground.
II no,. the Barrier would have contln.
=, ,ue1 It's course unchecked and no bay
aVould have been formed.
Cruises Along Ice Barrier.
+, Tho day after we sighted the Bar
+, g1of We reached this bay. atlll In the
eans s,ua,lon-about longitude iGt
1eefres west. II was 30 full. however.
,ol recently broken up bay ice that
thofr was no question OF getting In,
We therefore took little run east
4 ward along the edge OF the Barrier
! - awalt events. The next morning
(Sauary i3l we returned. and then
found that so much OF tho ice had
floaled out that there was an oppor.
tnnlty for US TO get In, My belief ms 10
stho origin Of the bay was strength
60 az We got farther south. the for
0o1iona stood out more clearly and
Ghnsply. and at the southern end We
oouId distinctly make out hills and
vaIlfya II was certain that underly'
Inc land or shoals here arrested the
coafae Of the mighty glacier. and
fcrcrd |, out TO either side, There
weuld be no perilous wintorinE on a
sloaiing barrier. The ground was safe
eneorb
Land on Barrier.
~on tho following day January ii)
W found landing place well suited
Ia our enterprise. Tho long 10000
nilea' voyage was safely accom-
pliohed and W, were only one day out
~ cur calculation. We had arrived
az TOO early.
~Aftsf having safely moored the
vessel 10 the Ice We ret off 10 find
suitnblc place for wlnieflng. This dl1
nut take long. About two and one
hnN klloms,srH from the ship, at the
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