The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-03-14


So degrees, we arrived at a place
where the land and barrier were con
nected This was done without any
great difficulty. The barrier here
rises undulated to about 800 feet.
Some few big crevices indicated the
limited boundary.
Leaves 80 Days Provisions.
Here, we made our head depot, TAX
ing provisions for sixty days on
sledges, and leaving thirty days pro-
visions on the spot.
The land under which we lay and
which we now had to attack looked
quite imposing The nearest submits
along the barrier had a height from
1000 to 10000 feet, but several others
further south were 10000 feet or
more.
The next day we began the climb.
The first part of it was an easy task
light stops and well filled mountain
sides. 1t did not take a long time, for
our willing dogs worked their way up.
Further up, we met with some small
but very steep glaciers. Here we had
to harness 20 dogs to each sledge and
take the four sledges in two turns.
In some places, it was so steep that
| 1t was difficult enough to use our
skis.
Some big crevices forced US from
time to time to make detours. The
| first day we climbed 1000 feet, the
next day mostly up some small gla-
ciers, camping at a, height of 1880
feet. The third day we were Obliged
to go down on highly glacier, "Axel
Heibergs Glacier" which divided
tains further south.
camped Between Two Mountains.
The next day began the longest
part of our climb. Many detours had
to be made in order to avoid broad
cracks and open crevices. These
were apparently mostly filed up, as
the glaciers in all probability had
long ago stopped moving, but we had
to be very careful, never knowing fol-
certain how thick was the layer that
covered them. Our camp that night
lay in very picturesque surroundings
at height of 5000 feet. The glacier
here was narrowed in between the
two $4,000 feet high mountains, the
''Fridtjof Nanzen" and the don Pc.
dro Christopherson." From the bot
tom of the glacier rose Mount cole
englestad"--a big snow cone 1880
feet high.
The glacier was very much broken
in this comparatively narrow pass.
The mighty crevices seemed to stop
us from going further, but it was not
SO serious, as it appeared. Our dogs,
which up to this time, had covered a
distance of about 1000 kilometers, the
last day severe hard work, ran this
day 80 kilometers, the ascent being
5000 feet, an almost incredible rec
ord. I'll.
1t took us only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inland
plateau.
We camped that night at height
of 10000 feet. Here we had to kin
twenty-four OF our brave companions,
and keep eighteen, six for each of
our three sledges. .s
In Blizzard Four Days.
We stopped here four days on ac-
count of bad weather. We set out on
the 2Sth Of November, in furious
blizzard, and in dense snow drift.
Absolutely nothing was to be seen,
but we felt that, contrary to expecta-
tions, we were going fast down hill.
The hypsometer gave us fall Of 800
feet
The next day was similar The
weather cleared little at dinner
time and exposed to our view a
mighty mountain range to the east,
J and not far off, only for moment,
and then it disappeared in the dense
snow drift On the 29th it Gained
down and the sun shone, though it
was not the only pleasant surprise he
gave. In our course stretched big
glacier running toward the south. AT
its eastern end was the mountain
range going in a southeastern direc.
ton; of the western part of it no
view was to be had, it being hidden
in the dense fog. At the foot of this
glacier, the Devils Glacier" depot
for six days, was established at 1921
degrees south latitude. The hypso-
meter indicated 5000 feet above sea
level. On November 80 we began to
climb the glacier. The lower part OF
it was very much broken and danger.
Gus. Moreover, the snow bridges
very often burst. From our camp
that night we had splendid view
over the mountain to the east. There
was "Helmer Hansen's Hummit," the
most remarkable of them all It was
10000 feet high, and covered with
such broken glaciers that, in all prob
ability, no foothold was to be found
oscar Wistings," "Sverre Hassels,' =
and "Olav Hjanland" mountains also
lay here, beautiful, illuminated in the
rays of the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternate
Iy to be viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time, mount Nielsen
with its SUBMITS and peaks about
$4,000 feet high
We only ,saw fhe nearest surround