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


hummocks. The walk over this frozen
ice was not pleasant The ground un
der us was quite hollow, and II sound
ed as though We were walking on the
/ lotions of empty barrels. AS 1t was
a man fell through, then couple OF
dogs We could not use our skis on
this polished ice. Sledgcs had the
| best Of II.
! The place got the name the Devils
! Dancing Room. This part OF our
march was the most unpleasant. On
! December 9th we got our greatest
height, according 20 the hypsometer
and aneroid. 1880 feet. at 81 degrees
80 minutes south.
On December Sth we came out Of
the bad weather Once again the sun
smiled down on us. Once again, we
could get an observation Dead reck.
ontng and observation were exactly
alike So degrees IS minutes 1876 sec
onda south.
Before MS lay an absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugI In the afternoon
We passed SO degrees % minutes
Shackleton's farthrst south vas So
degrees IS minutesl. We cAmped
and established our last depot, depot
number 10. From so degrees 81 min.
utcs the plateau began to slope down
very gently and smoothly toward tho
other side.
on the 9th OF December we reached
IS degrees 80 minutes; on December
10Th, IS degrees SO minutes. Dceem.
Der nth, SO degrees IL minutes; De.
December 18Th. SO degrees As min.
utcs
Up to this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remarta.
bly, we'll and we made out that we
ought to be AT the pole on DeccmbaF
latin in The afternoon.
That day was beautiful orc-~a
light breeze from the southeast. the
temperature minus % Celsius (9l
degrees below zero FahrenheiD ana
the ground and sledginG were perfect.
The day went along as usual and At
: p m We made q halt According TO
our reckoning we had REACHED our
destination. All OF us gathered around
the colors--a beautiful silk tiag-all
hands taking hold OF 1t and plant.
ing It.
The vast plateau on which the pole
Is standing got the name Of the King
plain, alike In all dircctions; mile
after mile during the night we circled
around the camp.
In the fine weather we spent tho
following day taking series OF OBJ
servations. from a. III. to y. IN.
The result gave us SO degrees 50
minutes.
In order to observe the pole as
close as possible we travelled as near
south as possible he remaining 3
kilometers.
On December 16. there we camped.
II was an excellent opportunity.
There was a brilliant sun. Four OF
us took observations every hour OF
the days twenty.fcur hours The ex.
act result will be the matter OF pro.
fessional private report.
This much is certain: that we oh.
served the pole as close as 1t is in
human power to do 1t with the instru.
ments We had-a scxtant and an arti.
fetal horizon,
Norwegian Flag Marks Spot.
On December 18th, everything was
in order on The spot We fastened to
the ground a little tent we had
brought along, Norwegian flag, and
the Fran" pendant on the top OF It,
The Norwegian home at the South
Pole vas called "Polheim The dis
lance from our winter quarters to the
pole was about 400 kiometers. The
average march n day was 25 kilome.
ters.
We started on the return trip on
the 18th Of December Unusually IA
vorable weather made our way home
easier than the journey
to the pole. We arrived at our winter
quarters, "Framheim," on the 25th OF
January, 1912, with two sledges and
eleven dogs, all we'll
Among the results are the detcrmi-
nation Of the extent and character Of
the Ross Barrier. and the discovery
Of the connection of South Victoria
Land and probably King Edward VII.
Land, with their continuation in tho
mighty mountains running toward tho
which were observed az
far as So degrees south. but which in
all probability continue across the
Antarctic continent.
The expedition TO King Edward VII.
Land. under the command OF Lieut..
Prestud, has given excellent results.
SCOTS discoveries have been con.
firncd. and the survey of the Bay OF
Whales, and OF the Barrier Dome by
the Prestud party are Of great inter.
est.
A good geological collection from
King Edward VII. and South Victoria
Land is being brought home.
On January 10th the japanese ex.
petition arrived at the Bay OF