Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-14

reckoning and observation were q
actly alike. So degrees, So minutsa.
1875 seconds south.
Before US lay an absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugi.
In the afternoon w passed SO de-
grees 20 minutes. (Sha ckeleon's fur.
therest south was SO degrees, rs
minutes.) We camped and establish.
ed our last depot, depot No. 10. From
80 degrees Is minutes the plateau be.
gan to slope down very gently and
smoothly toward the other side.
On the 9th OF December we reached
SO degrees 80 minutes, on December
10, Ss degrees IS minutes, December
IL. 50 degrees Is minutes. December
~. SO degrees 80 minutes. December
10, SO degrees 45 minutes.
Up to this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remarkably
we'll. and we made out that we ought
to be at the pole on December II in
the afternoon.
That day was a beautiful one, .
light breeze from southeast, the tenn.
perature minus % celsius (9.4 degrees
below zero. ~fahrenheit). and the
ground and ~sledsing were perfect.
The day ven along as usual, and
at 3 p. m. we made a halt.
According to our reckoning we had
reached our destination. All OF us gath.
cred around the %colors. a beautiful silk
flag. all hands taking hold Of 1t
and planting It.
The vast plateau on which the pole
Is standing got the name OF the King
Haakon VII Plateau" 1t Is q vast
plain. alike in all directions, mile after
mile during the night we circied
around the camp.
In the nne weather We spent the
following day taking q series Of oh
servations from 6 a. nj. to 2 p. m,
The result gave us SO degrees 81
minutes.
In order to observe the pole as close
as possible. the remaining 9 kilo
meters.
On December 16 there we camped
1t was an excellent opportunity
There was a brilliane sun. Four o.
us took observations every hour o.
the days twenty.four hours. The
exact result will be the matter of {
professional private report.
This much is certain, that We oh
served the pole as close as 1t Is II
human power to do 1t with the instru
ments we had. a sextant and artificial
horizon.
On December II everything was II
order on the spot.
We fastened to the ground a little
tent We had brought along. a Norws
CLAN flag and the Fran pendant OIL
the top Of it.
The Norwegian home at the Soutl
pole was called "Polheim."
The distance from our winter quar-
tiers to the pole was about 1.400 kilo
meters. The average march a da!
was rs kilometers.
We started on the return trip OIL
the 18th OF December. Unusuall,
favorable weather made our wa.
, home considerably easier than tn
journey to the pole. We arrived a
!, our winter quarters. "Framheim' OF
, the 25th of January, 1912. with tw'
, sledges and II dogs. all well,
J The daily average speed on the re
) turn trip was SO kilometers. the low
est temperature was minus 81 celsius
(23.8 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
The highest minus 6 celsius, (23 Dc
8 grees above zero F~ahrenheiD.
Among the results are the determ
!, nation OF the extent and characte
OF the Ross Barrier. and the dit
n covery OF the connection OF Sout
Victoria land and probably King Et
e ward VII land, with their continue
ton In the mighty mountains runnin
g toward the southeast which were oil
served as far a. SO degrees soutl
- but which In all probability continu
across the antarctic continent.
The entire length OF the newly di'
covered mountains Is about $50 kilt
meters. They have been name
Queen Maud's Range"
The expedition to King Edward VI
" land under the command OF Lieu
t Prestud has given excellent result
SCOTS discoveries have been col
firmed. and the survey OF the bay {
Whales and OF the Barrier Dome b
n the Prsstud party are of great int
est.
A good geological collection frol
d King Edward VII and South Victorl
8 land 10 being brought home.