The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-15
it 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 height of $500
feet. The third day we were obliged
to go down on a mighty glacier, "Axe>
Heiberg's Glacier" which divided
the coast mountains and the noun
tains further south.
Camped Between Two Mountains.
The next day began the longest
to be made in order to avoid broad
cracks and open crevices. These
were apparently mostly filled up, as
the glaciers in all probability had
long ago stopped moving, but we had
to be very careful, never knowing for
certain how thick was the layer that
covered them Our camp that night
lay in very picturesque surroundings
at n height of 5000 feet The glacier
here was narrowed in between the
two $1,000 feet high mountains, the
"Fridtjof Nanzen" and the Don Pc
dro Christopherson. From the bot
tom of the glacier rose Mount Ole
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 il was not
so serious, as it appeared Our dogs,
which up to this time, had covered
distance OF about 1000 kilometers, the
last day severe hard work, ran this
day So kilometers, the ascent being
$500 feet an almost incredible rec
ord.
1t took us only four days from the
plateau.
We camped that night at height
of 10.600 feet. Here we had to kill
twenty-four of our brave companions,
and keep eighteen. six for each of
our three sledges.
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 a 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 a fall of 500
feet
The next day was similar. The
weather cleared a little at dinner
time and exposed to our view a
mighty mountain range to the east,
and not far off. only for a moment,
and then it disappeared in the dense
snow drift. On the Goth it Gained
down and the sun shone, though it
was net 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 1t 40
view was to be had, it being hidden
in the dense fog. At the foot of this
glacier. the Devils Glacier" a depot,
for six days, was established at 1921
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 a splendid view
over the mountain to the east. There
was "Helmer Hansen's Hummit." the
most remarkable Of them all 1t 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
~ TO be viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time. Mount Nielsen"
with its SUBMITS and peaks about
5000 feet high.
Reaches Highest Point.
We only saw the nearest surround
ings. 1t took us three days to sur
mount the Devils Glacier. always in
misty weather. On the LIST of Deem
Der we left this broken glacier with
holes and creviees without number,
with its height of 300 feet Before
us looking, in the mist and snowdrift
like a frozen sea, appeared a light.
sloping ice plateau filled with small
hummocks. The walk over this frozen
ice was not pleasant. The ground un-
der us was quite hollow, and it sound
ed as though we We're walking on the
bottoms of empty barrels. AS 1t was.
man fell through, then couple of
dogs. We could not use our skis on
this polished ice. Sledges had the
best of it.
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