Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
so. March IS 1912

weather Once again the sun smiled down on us. Once again we could get an observation. Dead reckoning and observation were exactly alike-SS de grees 16 minutes Is seconds south.
 Before us lay an absolutely plain plateau, only here and there marked with a tiny sastrugi
 In the afternoon we passed Ss de grees sS minutes tShaekleton's fur thest south was SS degrees 25 min. utes) We camped and established or last depot. depot No. 10. From sS degrees 25 minutes the plateau be gan to slope down very gently and smoothly toward the other side.
 On the Sth of December we reached ss degrees 3s minutes: on Dec. 10. ss degrees 56 minutes; Dec II. se de grees. 15 minutes: Dec. 12, 80 min. utes: Dec. Is, s9 degrees. 46 minutes
 rp to this time the observations and dead reckoning agreed remarka- bly, well. and we made out that we ought to be at the pole on Dec. i4th in the afternoon.
 The Pole Attained.
 That day was a beautiful one-a light breeze from southeast, the tenn perature minus 2S Celsius. (s4 de grees below zero Fahrenheit,) and the ground and sledging were perfect. The day went along as usual, and at P. NJ, we made a halt
 According to our reckoning we had reached our destination. All of us gathered around the colors-a beauti- full silk fag-aii hands taking hold of it and planting it.
 The vast plateau on which the pole Is standing got the name of the King Haakon VII. Plateau" It is vast plain. alike in all directions mile after mile during the night we circled around the camp.
 In the fine weather we spent the fol- tions from 6 A. NJ. to P M. The re- suit gave us Ss degrees 55 minutes.
 In order to observe the pole as close as possible We travelled, as near south as possible. the remaining g kilo- meters.
 On Dec. 16 there we camped It was an excellent opportunity There was brilliant sun. Four of us took observations every hour of the days twenty-four hours. The exact result will be the matter of a professional private report
 
 This much is certain-that we ob- served the pole as close as it is in hu- man power to do it with the instru- ments we had--a sextant and an arti- ficial horizon.
 On Dec. IT everything was in order on the spot. We fastened to the ground little tent we had brought along, a Norwegian flag, and the Tram pendant on the top of it. The Norwegian home at the South Pole was called "Polheim" The distance from our Winter quar- ters to the pole was about 1,400 kilo- meters The average march a day was 25 kilometers.
 The Return Journey. We started on the return trip on the 17th of December, Unusually favora- ble weather made our way home con siderably easier than the journey to l the pole We arrived at our Winter | quarters, "Framheim," on the 25th of January, 1912, with two sledges and eleven dogs. all well.
 The daily average speed on the re- ] turn trip was 36 kilometers: the low 1 est temperature was minus S1 Celsius, l f23.S degrees below 0 Fahrenheit,) the ! highest minus Celsius, (23 degrees above Fahrenheit).
 Among the results are the determi- nation of the extent and character or i the Ross Barrier, and the discovery ! of the connection of South Victoria Land and probably King Edward VII. Land. with their continuation in the mighty mountains running toward the southeast, which were observed as Tar as SS degrees south. but which in all ! probability continue across the ant arctic continent
 The entire length of the newly dis | covered mountains is about $50 kllo- meters. They have been named Queen Maud's Range" The expedition to King Edward VII Land. under the command of Lieut.. Prestud has given excellent results. Scott's discoveries have been confirm | ed, and the survey of the Bay Of Whales and of the Barrier dome by the Prestud party are of great inter- est.
 A good geological collection from King Edward VII. and South Victoria Land is being brought home. The Tram arrived at the Bay of Whales on the 9th of January. She had been delayed by the Roaring Forties" on account of the easterly ~sipde
 On Jan. Is the Japanese expedition arrived at the Bay of Whales and landed on the Barrier near our Winter quarters. We left the Bay of Whales Oas