The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-03-15

The next day We began the climb.
The first part Of It was an easy task,
light stops and well filed 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 twenty 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 crevices forced us from
time to time to make detours. The
first day we climbed 1000 feet, the
next day mostly up some small glac-
iers, camping at height of $500 feet.
The third day we were Obliged to
go down on mighty glacier, "Axel
Heiberg's Glacier" which divided the
coast mountains and the mountains
further south.
The next day began the longest part
of our climb. Many detours had to
be made in order to avoid broad
cracks and crevices. These were APP
parently mostly filled up, as the
glaciers in all probability had long
ago stopped moving, but we had to be
very careful, never knowing for GER
tain now thick was the lawer that
covered them.
Our camp that night lay in very
picturesque surroundings at heighth
of 5000 feet The glacier here was
narrowed in between the two $4,000
! feet high mountains, the "Fridtjof
hansen" and the Don Pedro Christie
pherson." From the bottom of the
glacier rose mount cole Englstad'-
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 few days very hard work, ran
this day 80 kilometers, the ascent be-
ing $500 feet, an almost incredible
record.
1t took us only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inland
plateau We camped that night at a
] height of 10000 feet. Here we had
to kill twenty-four of our brave com.
panions and keep eighteen, six for
each of our three sledges.
We stopped here four days on ac-
count of bad weather. Tired of this
4 we set out on the 2Sth of November.
On the Goth in furious blizzard and
in a dense snow drift absolutely moth
ing was to he seen, but we felt that
contrary to expectations we were go
ing fast down hill The hypsometer
gave us fall of 500 feet.
The next day was similar. The
h weather cleared little at dinner
time and exposed to our view 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 29th it Gained down
and the sun shone, though it was moi
i the only pleasant surprise he gave
In our course stretched a big glacier
running toward the south At its
eastern end was the mountain range
/ going in a southeasterly direction. o.
the western part of It no view was K
be had, it being hidden in the dense
, fog. At the foot of this glacier the
Devils Glacier" depot for six day;
, was established, at 1921 degrees
| south latitude. The hypsometer in
dicated 5000 feet above sea level.
On November 80 we began to climl
5 the glacier. The lower part of It wal
| nj Jor 80
Moreover, the snow bridges very otter
burst. From our camp that night WI
had splendid view over the mountain
to the east. There was "Helmer Han
sens Summit" the most remarkabl,
. of them all 1t was 10000 feet higl
. and covered with such broken glacier
e that in all probabilities no footholl
/ was to be found. oscar Wistings,
) 'Sverre Hassels," and "Olav Hjan
a lands" mountains also lay here
Z beautifully Illuminated in the rays o
4 the bright sun.
e In the distance, and only alternate
y ly to be viewed in the fog, appearet
d from time to time Mount Nielsen
6 with its SUBMITS and peaks abou
S $4,000 feet high.
e We only saw the nearest surround
g ings. It took us three days to sur
e mount the Devils glacier. always il
a misty weather.
a On the LIST Of December we LEI
/ this broken glacier. with holes an
erevices without number. with 1t
s height OF 300 feet. Before us, looh
e ing in the mist and snowdrift, like
e frozen sea, appeared light slopin