The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-14


nccted This WAS doLe without ans
great difficulty. The barrier here
rises undulatcd to about 800 feet
Some few big crevices indicated the
limited boundary.
Leaves 80 Days Provisions.
Here, We mad" our head depot, TAX
ing provisions for sixty days on
sledges. and leaving thirty days pro
visions on the spot.
The land under which we lay and
which We now had to attack looked
quite imposing The nearest submits
along the barrier had height from
1000 to 10000 feet, but several others
further south were $4,000 feet or
more.
The next day We began the climb.
The first part OF 1t was an easy task
light atops and we'll filled mountain
sides II did not take n long time. for
our willing dogs worked their way up.
| Further dp, We met with some small
but very steep glaciers. Here we had
to harness % dogs TO each sledge and
take the four sledges in two turns
| In some places. il was so steep that
| 1t was difficult enough to use our
skis
Some big crrvices forced US from
! time 10 time to make dctours. The
first day We climbed 1000 feet. the
next day mostly up some small gla
ci"rs. camping at height OF $500
feet. The third day We were obliged
30 20 down on highly glacier "Axel
| ileiberg's Glacier" which divided
the coast mountains and the noun.
tains further south
Camped Between Two Mountains.
The next day began the longest
part of our climb Many detours had
to be made In order to avoid broad
cracks and open creyices These
were apparently mostly filed up. as
the glaciers in all probability had
long ago stopped moving, but We had
TO be very careful. never knowing for
certain how thick was the layer that
covered them. Our camp that night
lay in very picturesque surroundings
at a height Of 5000 feet. The glacier
here was narrowed in between the
two $1,000 feet high mountains. the
"Fridtjol Nanzen" and the Don Pc.
dro Christopherson From the bot
tom OF the glacier rose Mount ole
cngleslad"--a big snow cone 1880
feet high
ha q u hTnlnn
in this comparatively narrow pass.
Tho mighty creviCes seemed to stop
us from going further, but it was not
so serious. as it appeared. Our dogs,
which up to this time. had covered a
distance OF about 1000 kiometers, the
last day severe hard work ran this
day 80 klomcters, the ascent being
5000 feet an almost incredible rec
ord
II took us only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inland
plateau.
We camped that night at height
OF 10000 feet. Here We had to kill
twenty-four OF our brave companions.
and keep eighteen, six for each OF
our three sledCes
In Blizzard Four Days.
We stopped here four days on &C.
count of bad weather We set ont on
the 2sth OF November. in furious
blizzard, and in a dense snow drift
Absolutely nothing was to be seen,
but We felt that, contrary to eypecta.
tions, We we're going fast down hill,
The hypsometer gave us fall of 500
feet
The next day was similar. The
weather cleared n little at dinner
time ard exposed to our view
mighty mountain range to the east.
and not far off, only for a moment
and then II disappeared In the dense
snow drift On the 29n. 1t calmed
down and the sun shone, though it
was not the only pleasant surprise he
gave In our course stretched a big
glacier running toward the south At
its eastern end was the mountain
range going in southeastern direC.
ton, of the western part OF II no
view was TO be had. it being hidden
In the dense fog. At the foot Of this
glacier the Devils Glacier" n depot,
for six days, was established at S6.2l
degrees south latitude The hypso-
meter indicated 5000 feet above sea
level On November 80 we began to
climb the glacier. The lower part OF
1t was very much broken and danger.
Gus Moreover. the snow bridges
very often burst, From our camp
that night we had splendid view
over the mountain TO the east There
was "Helmer Hansen's Hummit," the
most remarkable Of them all 1t was
1900 feet high. and covered with
such broken glaciers that, in all prob.
ability no foothold was to be found
oscar Wistings." "Sverre Hassels,"
and "Olav Hjanland" mountains also
lay here. beautiful, illuminated In the
rays OF the bright sun.
In the distance. and only alternate.
ly to he viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time, Mount Nielsen"
with it's submits and peaks about
$1,000 feet high.