The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02

fCided 10 try and work southwest owe,
the pack Ice With Infinite difficulty
thu sledses were dragged tho ponics
jumping from noc 10 iloe toward The
barrier. About noon tho party nearcd
tho barrier. but found it's ice walt un-
cl:mbabls anu the swell ciurplaS and
breaking heavy does against Ii. IN
this dilemma Cream was allowed ~
attempt TO obtain help. He ,rav"lcC,
east over the moving pack to hnd 4
break in the Zee wall. and svcntnali!
ho!sted himself 10 tho barrier surface
by medSinG his ski stick iii q crack
Hurried Retreat Forced.
Ignorant OF those events. aft.r fail
ing 10 save ciir sick pcHy. my OWL
party had rsnched tho harriet, where
the Ice. breaking under foot. forced US
TO trsat huriedly with the Sravrst
anxiety for oul- companions My ieuts
were confirmed when Wilson, VINO haa
travelled out Owe! land. reported having
seen with glasses ponies adriil on se.
les. An hour later Cream was seen APP
proach!ns. and lcarnns mis- news. oats,
Cream and set OF iinmodiateiA to ;iiu
west. Working aroma the bay, We
approached tie barrier edge. ana ii 4
l. N. by good fortune. discovered tHe
missing party on pack witch had
been drifting slowly northwest ana
had temporarily stopped, owing to the
ewclls subsidng.
With Alpine ropes the men were
rescued with difficulty Working on
earough the night. VIC succeeded i'll
eaying the sledges ana their loads, but
could do nothing for the ponies, which
were only thirty yards away. AT !
y " the pack began 10 move again.
We lc!; the ponies with fun nosebags
end rested till a NJ
When the pack was again station
~
ponies. and made despcrat. efforts TO
save them Bowers ana oats rlsked
e long datour over the pack and led
the animals over many Jumps while
Tie remainder Of us dug a trench to
the lower part OF the barrier. The
edges Of the foes Were nigh above
water and very uneven. Killer whale.
hung about within q few yards. : Tho
ponies failing at the jump were IT.
rstrievaoly lost. One pony only Won
through. The pack was moving again
IS we left 1t and drifted clear to the
north.
on March we assembled hills cast
az Castle Rock AMI Oh the 5ih the
party with the two remaining ponies
and the dog teams has safely housed
At Hut Point. By this incident We
lost three OF our strongest ponies.
This was severe blow 10 the eXpe
dition, but not enough TO wreck Its
plans X the remaining animals could
he preserved. The heavy swell which
caused this disaster broke moro than
ten miles of Ice, largo fragments of
the barrier and two miles of glacier
Tongue, feature which had remained
otherwise unchanged since discovered
IN 1902. The hut Was found almosi
completed filed With hard snow, the
windows broken and the door un-
hinged. With much labor we cleared
and repaired It. II then afforded good
shelter.
While forced TO wait for the sea
breeze to blow over. we settled down
TO a very primitive life. With old tins
and discarded fragments OF metal We
constructed an excellent blubbsr stove
and several biuober lamps We fed
almost entirely on seal meat
Seals could only be obtained at a
distance over hills. and were some
failed entirely, thanks 10 the !ngcn-
uity shown b. my companions In i'm
pTov!sing and arranging with slender
est resources. With splendid health,
1ye were quite comfortable. and en-
toycd the discovery OF a box OF old
magazines. on March IS the western
geological party returned. bringing
our total 10 sixteen persons. This
party had spent six weeks making a
CLOSE survey OF he Dry Valley Lower
Ferrar and Koettlitz Glacier regions,
thus completing an important part OF
our plan for the geological survey of
the coast.
Caught by Storm on Sea Tee.
On March Il Lieutenant Evans LED
p party to Corner Camp. completing
The depot arrangements for the com
ing season. The temperature at the
barrier had already fallen to minus
- degrees. Throughout the month
See continually formed over the sea.
but strong winds quickly drove 1t
north After March "a the ice re-
rna!ned fast IN the sheltered bays, but
continued 20 drive out OF the sound
hugo land zee falla on the southwest
slopes Of Noun, Erehus prevented any
possibility % returning 70 Cape Evans
hy land, ~ WITH the freezing Of the
bays ttcdei TO make nm attempt
80 reach the station, partly ny LAND
hEd partly by ssa ice With eight COM
panions | started on Aprl IN. and
though caught by storm on ssa Ice.
80 reached Cape Evans early on tho
9th. Wa found the station. which had
hcen lefi in Simpsons charge. In ex-
!cclicnt order, and arrangements Tor
comfort remarkably perfect Sumer-
Gus sslt-recording Instruments were in
Gun swing. and all records complete
10 date All the newp was good ex-