Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-09

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The sanitary conditions were OF the
best all the winter, and when the sun
returned on Aug. "a we me the men
sound ia mind and body, ready to set
about tile task tina had to be solved.
Already. the day before. we had
brought our sfedges to the starting
place for our march toward the south
Only In the beginning of September
did the temperature rise to such an
extent that there was any question of
setting out
First Start Fer this Peis.
On Sept. 3 eight men, with seven
sledges, ninety dogs and provisions for
four months. started. The ground was
perfect. The temperature was not bad.
THE next day 1T appeared that VIZ had
started too early. as the temperature OF
the following days fell and was kept
steady between minus so and 60 Gel
sfus 3 8r0egrees and 70 degrees below
saro. FL. Personally. we did not suf'
FER at all from this cold. Our good furs
protected us. But with our dogs IT was
: different matter. 1t would easily be
see that they shrunk from day to day,
And we Understood pretty soon that
they could hot stand the long run to
our depot at SO degrees south.
We agreed on returning and to walt
Tor the arrival OF spring. The prcvt-
sions were cached. and of we went for
the hut. With the exception OF the
loss Of a few dogs and 4 couple of
frozen heels everything WA all right.
Only In the middle OF October spring
came in earnest. Seals and birds APP
peared- The temperature was steady
between 20 and 80 Celsius t6S degrees
and SO degrees Ed.
The original plan that all of us should
80 toward the south had been changed
Five men had to do this work. while
the other three were to start for the
east and visit King Edward VII. land.
This last mentioned trip was not In
cfudsd In our program. but ewing to
the fact that the English had not
reached 1t at least this summer. as was
their intention. we agreed that the best
thing to do waa also to make this trip.
On Oct 20 the southern party started
1--we men. four sledgss, nfty-two dogs
And provisions for -four months-every
thing in excellent order.
Tire Journey to the Pole.
We had inside up our minds to take
the first part Of the trip as easily as
possible In order to give ourselves and
the dogs q rational training, and ON
the 23d we made our depot in SO de-
grees south. We ven right ahead.
In spife OF the dense fog An error of
to three kilometers happened once
In awhile. but we were caught by the
dag marks and found these on our way
without difficulty.
Having rested and fed the dogs ON
III the seal meat they were able to eat, /
We started again on the 26th, with the
emperature steadily between minus 20
nd 80 Celsius a. degrees and - de-
rees below zero FL.
From the start 1t was the intention
lot to drive more than thirty kilo-
aeters = day, but It appeared that
ssdn TOO litssSs~.for strong,
zi!lnSa1AE. Il ~ dss1sss sour
began to build snow eailns Of q
height, tn order to have marks
n our return trip. On the 81st we
tns Depot al ST degrees, and
there ems dny and fed the
orr on n much penlmican ~ they /
wanted.
M1~reached the depot at - degrees
IN tlsa hkh o. November, where the
for fze Hast time got all they
srAntsd III eat. On the 9Th, southwark
ssain. With n daily march of 30 kiio-
n...ux.. IN vrdox 10 iisnIen CUR nsavy
sled9es We established depots Mt each
dSgroe of south latitude.
LIks = PIsasurs Trip.
The trip from so degrees to s5 de-
srees became a pleasure trip-excellent
ground, fine sledging and an vel
temperature. Everything went like a
dance.
On the 9th we sighted South Vic
torla land and the continuation OF the
mountain range which Sir Ernest
6hackIeton mentioned Ia his chart as
running toward the southeast from the
Beardmore glacier. and Oh the same
day we reached So degrees and estab
lished here Depot No. 4. On the nth
we made the interesting discovery that
the Ross barrier terminated In a blight
toward the southeast at SO degrees
south latitude and l63 degrees west
longitude, formed between the south
east mountain ang running from
South Victoria land aud a range on
the opposite side running in a south
westerly direction-probably a con
~tinuafion Of King Edward VII. land.
On the 18th werreached "a degrees,
where sxEe established 4 depot on the
18th we were at SIS degrees. where
also We made O depot.
From our winter quarters, AFramr
helm" 70 degrees 3S minutes south lat
itude, we had been marching due
south. On tie 18th OF November. at 50
degrees, we arrived at a place where
the land and barrier were connected
This WA done without any great dit
Rcusty. The barrier here rises Ia I'm
aulatiens to about 800 fest. Some few
big wcrevices indicated the limited
boundary.
Here we made head depot. taxi
Ing provisions FOR sixty days Oh
sledges and leaving thirty days pro
Visions on the spot
A Difficult Climb.