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nected. This was done without any
great difficulty. The barrier here
rises undulated to about 800 feet.
Some few big Creyices indicated the
limited boundary.
Leaves 80 Days Provisions.
Here, we made u 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
2,09O to 10000 feet, but several others
further south were $1,000 feet or
more.
The next day We began the climb.
The first part Of il 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 30 dogs to each sledge and
take the four sledges in two turns.
In some places, it was so steep that
it was difficult enough to use our
skis.
Some big creyices forced US from
time to time II make detours. The
first day we climbed 1000 feet, the
next day mostly up some small gla-
ciers, camping at a height OF 4,50O
feet. The third day we were Obliged
to go down on a highly glacier, "Axel
Heiberg's Glacier which diyided
the coast mountains and the noun
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 creyices. 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 for
certain how thick vas the layer that
covered them. Our camp that night
lay in very picturesque surroundings
at a height of 5000 feet. The glacier
here was narrowed in between the
two 5000 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 c%revices seemed to stop
us from going further, but 1t va 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 50 kiIometers, the ascent being
$500 feet, an almost incredible rec
ord.
1t took us only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inlanc
plateau.
We camped that night at a height
of 1 $500 feet. Here we had to xii
twenty.four Of our brave companions
and keep eighteen, six for each O
our three sledges.
In Blizzard Four Days.
We stopped here four days on &C
! count of bad weather. We set out OF
the 2Sth OF November, in a furious
| blizzard, and in a dense snow drift
Absolutely nothing was to be seen
but We felt that, contrary to eXpecta
tons, we were going fast down hill
The hypsometer gave us a fall Of SOC
feet.
The next day was similar, The
weather cleared a little at dinner
time and exposed to IL view {
mighty mountain range to the east
and not far off, only for a moment
and then 1t disappeared in the dense
snow drift. On the Goth 1t calmet
down and the sun shone, though II
was not the only pleasant surprise ht
gave. In our course stretched a biz
glacier running toward the south. A
it's eastern end was the mountain
range going in a southeastern direc
ton; of the western part Of it NJ
view was to be had, it being bidder
in\the dense fog. At the foot of .this
glacier, the Devils Glacier" a depot
for six days, vas established at 86.21
degrees south latitude. The hypso
meter indicated 5000 feet above set
level. On November 80 we began tt
climb the glacier. The lower part o
it was very much broken and danger
Gus. Moreover, the snow bridges
very often burst. From u CAM
that night we had a splendid view
over the mountain to the east, There
was "Helmer Hansen's Hummit," thu
most remarkable of them all. It wal
10000 feet high, and covered will
such broken glaciers that, In all prob
ability, no foothold was to he found
Oscar Wistings," "Sverre Hassels,
and "Olav Hjanland" mountains alst
lay here, beautiful, Illuminated in the
rays Of the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternate
ly to be viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time, Mount Nielsen,
with its SUBMITS and peaks abou
$1,000 feet high.
We only saw the nearest surround
ings. It took us three days to str
mount the Devils Glacier, always IL
misty weather. On the list Of Decem
Der we left this broken glacier will
holes and crevices without number
with its height of 9,100 feet. Before
Too Late.
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