The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19

Keeping tOnultlon feIlHfkuDlS well.
The first pony has been shot for ex-
pedienry but could have travelled fur.
ther. The animals have ten pounds of
daily. We are hopeful Of getting the
mems food supply to the Glacier, ac-
Ho or t" pr1Eram' Withou, great ait,
later than anticipated.
December 10. latitude SO degrees 10
tor party from latitude 81 degrees Is
minutes we pushed steadily south.
hopeful for bette Weather c9nditions.
ut latitude 50 degrees As minutes, and
o eTo th more an ait ahs We're ssr p ]exhnssted NH Sns
were sacrificed, to tighten loads and
Eiye food for DOGS. AS we proceeded
overcast and land very rarely visible.
maintain. steady marches. The ponies
continued to pull splendldly: The ex-
| The management OF Captain Oats.
In spite of delays we reached lati-
4. We could have reached the glacier
but for the Intervention Of a South.
erly gale which lasted four days. dur
ing which we did not sight land. a.
prodiSious amount of snow fell, and We
tents. The temperature rose to plus
3. the snow melting on our equipment
and completely soaking. everything
has hitherto been recorded in these re-
SiOnS in December.
Hard Work I" the Deep Snow.
On the 9Th. after the storm, eighteen
inches of wet snow covered the orig
inally soft surface. We could not have
n nav2 woru at na all had not A. the . Iosains
without 4 meal to go eight miles. At
ed. as we had no more forage .
them. Today we have come through
the pass and descending on Bea rdmore
work; The soft snow brought by tho
on foot sank to their knees ana sledges
sank to their crossbars continually.
The dogs have given some help, but
a surface. send this note by return
ing teams. The party is very At. but
cannot keep up the hours which We
already cost us five days. Its effects
may yet delay us further. which would
be a serious matter. Otherwise every
thing has worked as planned. We
hope to find better conditions as we
sarii' ]de up ID" f'a nn the W" we atn re% and
the season thus far has been very un-
promising.
u,es south. Longirude ia Degrccs 4
Minutes East. Height About $500 Feet.
M M"nr Nils Sou1h, Thirty West IF
OF the storm reported in my last dis
patch, the lower reaches of the glacier
we're filled with terribly soft snow.
Mtn on foot sank to the knee at each
step; 1t would have been quite i'm
" "n to advance han we not pulled
face Of the slcdGes proved inadequate.
They frequently sank TO crossbars,. re
Huirins to be extracted with standing
TINS morass. scarcely advancing five
miles " day, although working ten to
camp and load sle,lges on such sur
face. on the fifth day the surface
did not come abreast Of Cloudbreaker
mountain until the 9TH. 50 that the
snow cost us a weeks advance.
Since the 18th We have been able
TO make very good hes, working
up from thirteen to twenty-three stat
ranGed to push ON from the S5th par
allel with eight men and twelve units
a margin over this. As We stand we
are only half a DAYS food short on
program ana should have "a good
err contlnucs unsatisfactory. We had
TO march without sight of land on
tent fog in this most creviced part OF
the glacier. Everybody is in the best
Oh neHlth ana spirits.
IT mas been most difficult to select
the returning party of four who car
ries this note. our position consti-
t4tes our Upper glacier depot Com
the homeward route. The track Of the
',ajrns Is Tb. wei. marke 1o win sno%
are Scott. Lieut.. Evans, Wilson. Bow
ers; Oats, L.ashiey, Petty Officer Evans
Degrees, Height $500 Foet.-After
leaving the upper glacier depot. south
of Mount Darwin. | steered southwest
two days. This did not keep us clear
of pressure ridges aud crevices which
occurred frequently at first and gave
rs trouble, but we rose rapidly in all
titude. Probably the difficult places
course was mainly felt on the third
ani f3urth days, when; owing to our
distributioTn Of land masses frinsing
tn" ice sheet and the arm of ice falls.
Since leaving the depot our marches
niles a aVS day: on over ciri !it'ssn d stst1 ws
We're close up to the S6th parallel and
the prospect of Christmas fare Rave
US an excellent march. seventeen miles.
but the effort was not so hard the
following day. The surface grew more
niim'mlt as We approached the S7th
tude SO degrees Sc minutes we depos-
!tcu there a unit procession and re-
Dullt our SledSeS with new short run
ners' which remarkable piece of work
was PERFORMED By the seaman of the
party under adverse conditions. AL
thouEh 1t cost us nearly a days march.
,he change amply repaid us. We have
been able to keep up our average and
we are now within $50 miles Of the
Pole.
am going forward with a party
or 1--WE men, sending three back under
Lieut.. Evans. The names and descrip-
ions Of the advance party are: Capt.