Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-04-05
[AR PERIL-s
FOLD BY SCOTT
!, Explorer Relates Thrill
! Narrative of Expedi-
y tion in Antarctic.
Elg DEATH MANY TIMES

lamp Flod'S
calls Into Crevasse-Dogs
p o,nies Perish-sends Word
...k as He Starts
Final Dash.
,-o+ice Captain Robert r.
1l alive S1i of his explorations in
Da io ',nnhlished below, was issued
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IOK j IN which the narrative is
uiuei cant. SCOTS Story-Trying
Gglltu' Miraculous EScapeS--Dar-
g1slesso n 19 rrations-Valuable Scientific.
ala -t 0g tntarctic Telephone Installed
-f c,odges Did Good Work-Cinema-
~ Slsu aSyds Taken-Expedition Stead
~ ihs eIGiiT Pole When Last Heard
art 1912 by the New York Times
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a.l l,, ed in the United Kingdom by
n!saj News, Ltd, London.
sa l.nsd in the Department of Agri-
a''sl Wright branch, Dominion OF
Y Nv Mi fhe Central News. Ltd. Lon
.,,,s New Zealand.-Lieutenant
.,m commander of the Terra Nova
4. british antarctic expedition OF
rbich arrived here, brought with
ling and intensely interesting
,nt Of the work and experiences
4. eyuedition up TO January 3 last,
.-sp expressly for the New York
! BY Capt. Robert F. Scott, the
On Of the expedition.
ntan Scott will remain another.
IN the antarctic to complete his
|mtsDt scientific expedition and
1.-The hope of attaining the pole.
,1tain Scott relates a story of
attQl experiences in which he and
4 Of his party narrowly escaped
ti the story is plainly told, but
mes to mems minds adventures
as few have passed through. At
sdne Captain Scott found his camp
|hg away, the plaything of the
/ lg broken foes.
Ibis striking story begins with the
|aition in winter quarters at Nc
rlO sound in October, 1911. They
nled there on October 80 and rest
after most unlucky start south
h, in which they lost most of their
b and Manchurian ponies, upon
Eta, next to his motor sledges,
bit had placed most dependence.
bit says:
Shortly after the departure from
|N Evans Of the party who were es-
Fishing depotS for the journey
l-h the ice broke south of the cape,
Esf1g communication. Because of
heavy weight which had to be
la'lOrted to the depots, the party
laSting Of twelve men, eight ponies
two dog teams, occupied until
llary 50 in establishing the base
Wy on the ice barriers near Hut
hit
Has Narrow Escape.
Inc surface Of the snow was soft.
Work was terribly hard for the
@es and a heavy blizzard, which
Sa three days, was a further Sc
y ulal for the animals, which were
good condition.
VI February s We proceeded south,
-,alng at night and resting in the
s1ne The weather was exception
y @d' but the surface of the ice
g"ea Nevertheless three OF our
IFS which We're caught in a biz
!. Nccumbed. On February 16 we
.aN tS72 degrees of latitude,
~ ana there We determined to
/, uepot, to leave a ton of stores
! '''ush TO the base camp, and we
with the dog teams.
!, 9l on the way the entire party
'a'o a ereyasse except Mears and
n n Mears was in charge of the
alO ponies.) He and | were on
aeSe, which was miraculousIy
y. " On a part of a bridge over the
, .eSe on which we were travelling.
WV Oog teams hung by the har-
: sIu We're extricated with difficult
.,S Ulle We're badly injured.
,, W. our arrival at the camp the
=, ragged for three days. The
iS accumulation of snow, car
an NJ ana there by the wind, baf-
~ elorts that we made to shell
r = y ponies by building walls of
~ We decided to return to
M I4i' seven miles away. re-
. Oenind with two others to
, - pony which was suffering
!. - olzzard. On nearing Hut
/ w.. us others of the party encoun-
Nm. "VNS IN the Ice which were
~, and charging. Hastily they
= w. south four miles. At half
.ha III the morning they found
NJ. sea e Ice had broken all around
an ~ Tue camp was moving under
e,. yea swell. One pony vanished
bs' aSA from the line where they
! ~ - pleketed. With infinite diff
dragged the ponies, jumping
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" Altogether FauIt ~ College.