Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-18
CAPT. SCOTS
TRIP RETARDED
Encounters Bad Weather and
Many Difficulties in Journey
Toward the South Pole.

LONDON. Eng, Apr. IA nara
tive of his trip has been received here
from Captain Scott, who sent II to
Akaroa. New Zealand, by his ship, the
Terra Nova. II covers the movements
Of his party from January 20, 1911, TO
January 3. 1912. ON the latter date he
was in latitude 81 degrees 20 minutes
south. and had reached an altitude of
$500 feet Unlike the easy experience
of Amundscn, Scott met with the
greatest difficulties, thrilling adven-
lures and bad weather.
Scott relates that while returning to
his base after laying depots on fcbru-
Iary 10, 1911. one of the dog teams fell
! into n Crcvassc. and Scott himself had
an escape from death that was little
short Of marvellous. lie found an leo
bridge. over which he made his way to
safety. Three hours were consumed In
the work Of rcscuing the dogs.
Scott says that during the four win
ter months the thermometer never reg
| istcrcd lower than so degrees below
zero.
The expedition strung fifteen miles
! Of telephone, which was used to the
greatest advantage In reporting the
weather and movements Of the various
parties In October the first motor
slcdgc expedition started out and os-
tahlishcd tho practicablity of mechan-
zeal traction in iCc-bound regions.
Motor Sledge Abandoned.
! Scott and others started after the
motor slcdgc November and followed
the tracks which had been left by the
machine. After travelling sixty miles
they came upon the motor sledge
which had been abandoned. Suhse-
qucntly they overlook the party They
had been forced TO leave the motor be.
cause of the overhcating of the aftc,
hearings of the engines. They hat
been found. however, to answer admir-
ably In crossing the worst surfaces o
the ice barrier.
The united parties reached 81 de-
Erccs 20 minutes south on Dcccmbcl
M ON the latter date n gale aros'
J and lasted for four days, during which
there was rise In temperature. On
this account everything belonging Il
, tho party became water soaked, ant
this Scott points out as an unprcce
dCntcd experience in December in tn
. latitude in which the party was. he
pcrcd In their movements, II tal,in
fourteen hours nj one time to make
, distance of eight miles.
/, Ponies Are Destroyed.
soon after this experience they wer
forced. because Of lack or forage, I
; destroy their ponies, following whlc
thcy descended to Boardman glacier
{ which they reached December 10. The
= found the snow knee deep, causin
} great delay before the party arrived a
latitude S5 degrees II minutes sout
{ on December 81 Here they found tn
/ snow 80 deep that the party was force
!. to resort Ia skiing They had muc
J, difficulty with their slcdgcs and nd
Vanccd only five miles in ten hour
4: This condition continued for four day
J, but during II the entire party kept
J. the hest health and spirits. Altogcth6
the storm cost loss of weeks tim
q but. as the weather then improve
e. Scott and eight others went forwar,
y An advance party composed of SEQ
and four others started from 81 do
o grocs 80 minutes south on January
y with months provisions. Evcrythir
,, was In good shape and all were conf
!; dent that they would reach the pole.
May Have Reached Pole.
LONDON, Eng, Apr. LIN discuss
= ing today the tidings from CAPITA
t Scott, the Antarctic explorer Sir IL
/. nest Shacklcton said that, so far I
he could Judge, 1t was probable tn
y. Scott reached the South Pole aho
ID January IS In that case 1t was Xix
l. ~ that the English navigator won
find evidence that he had been for
stalled by Captain Amundscn. Ne
erthlcss II was possible that he mig
reach the pole and still find nothi'
tn show that anyone had preceded hi
If the latter proved to he the case
would be due to the fact that II Us In
n possible to more than approNima
\ within a mile or two of the exact pos
ton of the pole. Further news FRO
~ GrnII IlanA. hn lnllNnl for mnnlhs.