The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-05

mails tha; were left to us. However
| organized a series OF lectures. Tc
divert ourselves we played football
a rather frigid sport. The remaining
animals improved In condition stead.
lily. In June. which is mid-winter,
several of us started on a sledge
Journey to Cape Crozier TO observe
the incubation of the emperor pen.
gums at their rookery. The tempera.
ture was then minus 20. The party
spent three days In a snow hut behind
a land ridge on the slopes of Mount
Terror TO avoid n storm and expert.
enced great difficulty In reaching the
rookery as the twilight was very dim.
Few birds were found there but they
had begun 10 lay eggs. which should
give considerable information about
tho ambryology of birds.
Engines Got Too Hot.
we left Hut Point on November ..
marched the night. resting In the day.
time and gave tho ponies tho benefit
of tho warmer day temperature. We
followed tho track OF the motors 60
miles. then found tho machines aban.
doned on account OF the heavy sur.
faces. | decided 10 march 10 miles
only every night and maintained this
pace for eight nights. when We found
the motor party which had gone be.
fore waiting for us In latitude so.
They disabused my mind as to the
cause OF abandoning the motors. The
only cause was the o%verheating of
the air cooled engines.
: The machines dragged heavy loads
over the worst part OF the barriers
surfaces and crossed several GREY
asses. Considering the inadequate
trial given TO them their success has
been remarkable. With the expert
we have gained reliable traction
cars could be constructed which could
anywhere In this region and
thus save the sacrifice of so many
animals.
ON December 10 we were I'm lati-
tude 1887 south. AS we proceeded
the weather grew worse. The snow
storms were frequent. Land was rare
ly visible. 1t was difficult to keep
a straight course and maintain steady
marches. We came within twenty
miles of Mount Hope on December 4.
We were delayed for four DAYS
by a gale during which we were oc-
cupied continually in digging the
out of the snow. To my knowl-
edge no such long storm has ever
been recorded In December IL these
regions. We could not have advanced
1T all had not the leading pony worn
snow shoes and been hauled along by
men Oh SKIS. Ii took IA hours for
Is TO do eight miles.
"On December 81 in latitude Sc
We're four miles west of Moupt
Darwin. 1t was very difficult TO pro-
'eed because of the soft snow. The
'unner surface of the sledges was In.
adequate. Otter they sank to the
bars. For four days we strua.
lied through this icy morass at the
ate OF five miles a day. 1t was diff
even to pitch a camp or to lead
he sledgeS on such a surface. This
'ortion OF the glacier contains more
revasses than any other.
Is Pushing Forward.
"On January 3, latitude 1892. after
eaving The upper glacier depot south
rom Mount Darwin. We started south-
vest, but could not clear the crevasses
But on the fourth day. because we
we're at such an altitude, we go q
view OF the distribution of
he land and of the masses OF ice that
it and of the of
he ice falls. Since then We have av.
IS miles a day.
"On Christmas day We were close N
eighty-sixth parallel. On New
eve We were in latitude sc. SO.
there we fitted our sledges With new
hort runners. This remarkable niece
f work was performed by the seamen
T the party, under the most adverse
onditions.
I'VE were now within. $50 miles NJ
pole.
Il am going forward with five men.
three back under Lieutenant
with this data.
THE advance party consists or N.Y.
elf. DIR. Wilson. the chief OF the sci
ntific staff: Captain Oates of the In
iskilling dragons, in charge OF the
and mules: Lieutenant Bowers
the Royal Indian marines. the COM
officer. and Petty Officer
OF the Royal navy. In charge OF
70 sledges.