New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
care had been taken to provide the lead
iug pony with snowshoes.
Without Food for Fourteen Hours.

Without Food for Fourteen Hours.
For fourteen hours the party strus-
gled on without stopping for food ana
~ the end Of that time only eight miles
were covered The ponies then had
used up al their forage and had reluc-
family to be destroyed.
The party reached the Beardmore
Glacier on December 10. After des-
perate struggle. the soft snow making
any progress a work of infinite labor
those men who were on foot sank up
TO their knees. and the sedges kept on
sinking 20 their "rossbars. This predic-
ament cost weeks Of delay. but after
December rs better progress was made
The party covering anything from thir-
teen to twenty-three miles ally. BY
Christmas Day the S6th parallel had
nearly been reached. and on January
the party were at 81 degrees 32 minutes
or within one hundred and fifty miles OF
the pole.
ShackletOn's farthest south lay few
days' march ahead. and the explorer SEM
Lieutenant Evans and three mon back
with his message. and there remained "A
hand of five men about to undergo the
supreme trial They We're Captain Scott
r. N; Captain Oates, of the lnniskilling
Dragons. III charge of the transport
animals. Dr. Wilson. chief of the scien-
tist staff; Lieutenant II. r. Bowers, OF
the Roval Indian Marine Commssarlat'
and Lieutenant T.. Il. Evans, r. y.
Provisioned for Months.
This advance party has months of pro-
visions, and Captain Scott considered
that his prospects of success were good
unless circumstances proved urfavorable
The explorer says no further news may
be expected from him this year. so that
the great question. Has he reached the
pole?" must remain unanswered for
long time.
Mrs. Scott wife Of the explorer, has
received no message from her husband;
neither has the ROYAL Geographical So
Ciety.
The Daily Telegraph" in an editorial
saws II is much too carly to begin an ap
praisement Of the scientific results OF tho
Scott expedition. After five weeks OF eX-
traordinary hlrdships and pcrils, in tenn
pestuous weather and in colo unusual
even in that region. they returned 10
camr. having accomplished the first win
fer Journey vet dared by any travelle: in
the Antarctic.
Though Scott had dogs. he also staked
much for the success of the expedition on
his Monies. and this reliance cost him
,onics adriCt on the sea ice in March,
1911. we're jumped from floe to iloe over
mack ice at the risk of the rescucrs' lives,
and all but one of the animals were lost
in the end.
Again. The Daily Telegraph points
out. Captain Scott was confronted with
great difficulties; when travelling to the
pole they had continually to dig out the
ponies and tents when snow fell
Shaokleton's Tribute to Scott.
Sir Ernest Shackleton in an article
contributed TO The Daily Chronicle,
saws that the dogged determination and
incessant toll against disaster and diff
fcuties which the members of the Scott
party displayed must forever place this
expedition among the great efforts OF
mankind
Shackleton refers 10 the early troubles
with the ponies and also to a mysterious
disease which killed some of the dogs |
He then anayzes the Journey TO tho
pole. which started on November
Low temperatures and bad surface |
we're early difficulties encountered, and |
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sledges we're abandoned. In latitude S3
the weather was still bad and snow
storms were frequent. Land was rarely |
seen. The misty light made 1t difficult
10 keep a straight course but the ponies |
were still in. good condition. The pas |
SAGE from the ice barrier TO Beardmore
Glacier was accomplished in twelve |
hours. On December u, when the party |
reached latitude Sj1 the explorers
found themselves at height of nearly |
1000 feet.
Shackleton notes how closely Scott
followed Shackleton's own movements in
the same region, and says 1t is remark
able how the sets Of observations coin
eide.
London. April Though the latest
word from the British Antarctic EXpedi-
. tion under command of Captain Robert
7. Scott left the explorers still 15O miles
from the South Pole on January g. polar
experts here are strongly Of the opinion
that Captain Scott will achieve the great
object for which he set out. The fact
that his message brought back 10 New
Zealand by the Terra Nova. declared
that he was remaining i'm the Antarctic
for another winter In order TO complete
his work, is taken as an indication that
the party is in good health. abundantly
supplied and in position TO continue
the march to the Pole.
Captain Scott was still advancing on
the date OF his last message, and those
familiar with Antarctic exploration eX-
rress the opinion that he would probably
reach the Pole before the end of Januar%.
Or. Fridttof Nansen the Norwegian eX-
ploreY in an interview at Christiania
Yesterday, gave expression TO this belief.
All the London morning papers print
editorials congratulating the members OF
the Scott expedition. They emphasize
the fact that il was not mere dash
FOR the Pole like that OF Amundsen, but
3 thoroughly planned exploring expedi-
tlon on a large scale, without any idea
OF racing for the Pole. and that it has
achieved results or the highest i'm
portance.
striking point OF difference In the
.xperjences of Amundsen and Scott vas
that Of sheer luck. Amundsen was
greatly favored by the weather in the
later stages Of his journey. during the
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