Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

III AAAAA $3.50 AAah 1880
served only two moderate storms and
many excellent auroras-Australias
In all directions.
The sanitary conditions were OF the
best all the winter and when the sun
returned on the gath of August he met
the men sound in mind and body,
ready to set about the task that had
to be solved. Already, the day be-
fore, we had brought u sledges to
the starting place for our march to-
ward the south. Only in beginning
of September did the temperature
rise to such an extent that there was
any question of setting out.
First Start for the Pole.
On the 9Th of September eight
men. with seven sledges, ninety dogs,
and provisions for four months, start
ed. The ground was perfect. The
temperature was not bad. The next
day it appeared that we had started
too early, as the temperature OF the
following days fell and was kept
steady between minus 50 and go Gel
sius (5S degrees and Is degrees below
zero Fahrenheit). Personally, we did
not suffer at all from this cold. Our
good furs protected us. But with our
dogs it was a different matter. 1t
would easily be seen that they shrank
from day to day, and we understood
pretty O O that they could not stand
the long run to our depot at 80 de-
grees south.
We agreed on returning and to
wait for the arrival of spring, The
provisions were cached, and off we
went for the hut. With the exception
of the loss of a few dogs and a couple
of frozen heels everything was al
right,
Only In the middle Of October
spring came in earnest. Seals an6
birds appeared. The temperature
was steady between 20 and 80 Gel
sius (6S degrees and So degrees Fab
renheit). The original plan that al
, of us should go toward the South Pol
, had been changed. Five men a t.
do this work, while the other thre'
we're to start for the east and visi
+ King Edward VII. Land.
| This last mentioned trip was not in
/ cluded in our program, but, owing t
/ the fact that the English had no
f reached it, at least this summer, a
e was their intention, we agreed tina
h the best thing to do was also to max
I this trip.
On October 20 the southern part
d started-fve men, four sledges, fit.
o two dogs, and provisions for fou
h months-everything in excellent o
der.
The Journey to the Pole.
n We had made up our minds to tax
/ the first part of the trop as easily q
W possible, in order to give ourselve
If and the dogs a rational training, an
1t on the 23rd we made our depot in s
degrees south. We went right ahea
In spite of the dense fog an errt
d of two or three kilometers happene
D. once in a while, but we We're caugl
sr by the flag marks and found these {
lie our way without difficulty.
Having rested and fed u dogs
lie all the seal meat they were able
h. eat, we started again on the 26t
tn with the temperature steadily /
4 tween minus 20 and 80 Celsius a {
grees and % degrees below zero Fa
renheit).
I'd From the start it was the intentit
IS, not to drive more than 80 kilomete
s. a day, but it appeared that this W
Of too little for our strong, willing al
mails. At 80 degrees south we beg
IN to build snow cairns of a mai
It height, in order to have marks on, o
tn return trip. On the 91st, we reach
st the depot at 81 degrees and stopp
ux there one day, and fed the dogs on
Id much pemmican as they wanted.
hit We reached the depot at so degre
20 on the 5th of November, where
,n- dogs for the last time got all tn
,ur wanted to eat. On the 9Th, sou
us ward again, with a daily march OF
kilometers. In order to tighten {
he heavy sledges, we established dep
are at each degree of south latitude.
for Like a Pleasure Trip.
lin The trip from so degrees TO IS
es. grees became a pleasure trip--ext
1rs lent ground, fine sledging, and
md event. Everything went like a dan
On the 9th we sighted South Viz
,ril ria Land and the continuation OF
tbs mountain range which Sir Ern
in %Sbackleton mentioned in his chart
on running toward the southeast IT
too the Beardmore glacier, and on
mr. same day we reached SO degrees
as established here depot number 4.
vas the 18th we made the interesting
,ro- covery that the Ross barrier tel
mated In a blight toward the southe
at SO degrees south latitude n
and degrees west longitude, formed
by tween the southeast mountains
me ming from South Victoria Land an
cen range on the opposite side running
I. a southwestern direction-probabl
we'd continuation of King Edward
and Land.
de. On the 18th we reached "a degr
the where we established a depot.
of the 18th we were at So degrees, wi
Gel also we made a depot.
list From our winter quarters, ri
mus heinz rs degrees 9S minutes s
we're latitude, we had been marching