Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-15


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aIike-SS degrees, SO minutes. 1915 ses
ends south.
Before us lay an absolutely plan
plateau, only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugi.
Establish Last Depot.
In the afternoon we passed SS de
orAes 23 minutes (Shackleton's fur
thest south was 88 degrees IS min
utosl We camped and establishes
our last depot. depot No. 10. From "
degrees % minutes the plateau Degal
to slope down very gently ana smootn
ly toward the other saoe.
On the 9th Of DecemDer We reacnes
SS degrees 80 minutes; on DeceMOo'
10. So degrees DO minutes DecenlDe'
IL, SO degrees 10 mlnuteSs 0eceniDe'
IL, SO degrees 80 MlAu1eS' DocS'An 20
1S. SO degrees 40 minutes.
Up to TINS tilne t1e oS9s1 va 1le'u'
and dead recKon1ns asrceu leluAi At t'
bly, Weir anu VIC n Ous ~
ought 70 20 = ~ p'o ~ -
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Inae u@y "as 4s ~..4S-S4 ~.
Asne % -. To -
temperature AuAAu1 - es. - -
grees Deaow zelo aA-.no 80 '-S
GROUND anu eieuee "0io $780,
Tne day went aionS aS usu''-' 'u q
three p. IN. We Haue /" nAl.
Accorolns 70 our lecAos s., VIC na =.
tse..u ouA 1e. ksa,,+t
Satnereu arounu lis ~ 80 :.
Iui Six nag All AanuS es'1AAne noAA -
II ana plantins' IT.
Name Plateau King riaak0n VII.
The vast plateau on which the poie
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 circIeo
around the camp!
In the fine weather we spent the fol
lowing day taking series of Obser-
vations from six a. m. to seven p. M.
The result gave us SO degrees So min
utes.
In order to observe the pole as close
as possibla wa Travelled as near south
as possible, the remaining nine kilo-
meters.
On December 16 there we camped. 1t
was an excellent opportunity. There
was a 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.
territory In the antarctic.
This much is certain-that we OBJ
served the pole as close as it is in
human power to do it with the instru-
ments we had-a sextant and an arti-
fetal horizon. On December IL every
thing was in order on the spot. We
fastened to the ground little tent we
had brought along, a Norwegian flag
and the Fran pendant on the top
OF it.
The Norwegian home at the south
pole was called ''Polheim."
The distance from our winter quar-
tiers to the pole was about 1,400 kilo-
meters. The average march day was
20 kilometers.
Start on Return Trip.
We started on the return trip on
the 18th of December. Unusually ia
vorable weather made our way home
considerably easier than the journey
10 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 trim was SO kilometers; the low
est temperature was minus 81 celsius
.(23 & degrees below zero Fahrenheit} );
the highest. minus S celsius (23 de-
arees above zero Fahrenheit).
Among the results are the deter
noina+ion of tho extent and character
of the Ross Rarrier and the discovery
Of tbe connection Of South Victoria
land and nrohabIv King Edward VII.
land with their continuation in the
MIGHTY mountains running toward the
co,7+boast which wera observed as fer