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candles. gave US a brilliant light and
kept the temperature up to 20 degrees
Celsius (6S degrees FL throughout the
winter, and our excellent ventilation
system gave us all the air we wanted.
In direct communication with the
hut and dugout on the barrier were
workshops, packing rooms cellars for
provisions, coal, wood and oil, a plain
bath, steam bath and observatories.
Thus we had everything within doors
If the weather should be too cold and
stormy.
The sun left us on the 22d OF April
and did not return until four months
later. The winter was spent IN chang
ing our whole outfit. which on the de-
pot trips was found to be too clumsy
and solid for the smooth surface of
the barrier. Besides this, as much
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The Journey to the Pole.

We had made up our minds to take
the first part Of the trip as easily as
possible in order to give ourselves and
the dogs a rational training, and on
the 23d we made our depot in 80 de-
grees south. We went right ahead.
In spite of the dense fog an error of
two to three kilometers happened once
In awhile, and we were caught by the
flag marks and found these on our way
without difficulty.
Having rested and fed the dogs on
all the seal meat they were able to eat,
we started again on the Goth, with the
temperature steadily between minus 20
and 80 Celsius a degrees and % de-
grees below zero FL.
From the start 1t was the intention
not to drive more than thirty kilo-
meters day. but it appeared that this
was too little for our strong. willing
animals. At 80 degrees south we began
to build snow cairns of a mans height,
in order to have marks on our return
trip. On the 31st we reached the depot
at 81 degrees and stopped there one
day and fed the dogs on as much penn
mican as they wanted
We reached the depot at 50 degrees
on the 5th of November, where the dogs
for the last time got all they wanted to
eat. On the Sth. southwark again, with
a daily march of so kilometers.
In order to tighten our heavy sledges
we established depots at each degree
of south latitYde.
Like a Pleasure Trip.
The trip from 80 degrees to So de-
grees became a pleasure trip-excellent
ground, fine sledging and an even
temperature. Everything went like
dance.
On the 9th we sighted South Vic
toria land and the continuation of the
mountain range which Sir Ernest
6hackleton mentioned in his chart as
running toward the southeast from the
Beardmore glacier, and on the same
day we reached So degrees and estab-
nshed here depot No. 4. On the 18th
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A Splendid Mountain View.

A Splendid Mountain View.
On Nov. so we began to climb the
glacier The lower part of it was very
much broken and dangerous. More
over, the snow bridges very often burst
From our camp that night we had a
splendid view over the mountain to
the east There was "Helmar Han
sens summit" the most remarkable
of them all. 1t was $4,000 feet high
and covered with such broken glaciers
that in all probability no foothold
was to be found. oscar Wistfngs"
"Sverre HasseIs' and "Olav HAN
lands" mountains also lay here, beau
tifully illuminated in the rays of the
bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternately
to be viewed in the fog, appeared from
time to time Mount Nielsen," with its
submits and peaks about $4,000 feet
high We only saw the nearest sur
roundings-
It took us three days to surmcunt
the Devils glacier. always in misty
weather.
On the 1st Of December we left this
broken glacier. with holes and crevices
without number, with its height of
900 feet Before us, looking in the
mist and snowdrift like a frozen sea,
appeared a light, sloping ice plateau
filed with small hummocks.
The walk over this frozen sea was
not pleasant The ground under us was
quite hollow, and it sounded as though
we were walking on the bottoms of
empty barrels. AS it was, a man fell
through, then a couple Of dogs. We
could not use our skis on this pol
ished ice. Sledges had the best of it.
The place got the name the Devils
Dancing Room" This part of our
march was the most unpleasant On
Dec. 6 we got our greatest height, &C
cording to the hypsometer and ane-
roid, 1O.75O feet, at 81 degrees 40 min
utes south.
On Dec. we came out of the bad
weather. Once again the sun smiled
down on US. Once again we could get
an observation. Dead reckoning and
observation were exactly aifke-ss de-
grees 50 minutes 1856 seconds south.
Before US lay an absolutely plain
plateau, only here and there marked
with tiny sastrugi
In the afternoon we passed 80 de-
grees % minutes (Shackleton's farthest
south was SO degrees 25 minutes). We
camped and esta blished our last depot,
depot No. 10. From 80 degrees 25 min
utes the plateau began to slope down
very gently and smoothly toward the
other side.
On the 9th Of December we reached
SO degrees SO minutes; on Dec. 10, So
degrees Sc minutes; Dec. IL, SO degrees
Is minutes; Dec. II, 80 degrees 80 min
utes; Dec. ID, SO degrees As minutes.
Up to this time the observations and
dead reckoning agreed remarkably
well, and we made out that we ought
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CAPTAIN ROBERT n. SCOTT, AMUNDsEE's
BRITISH RIVAL.
very hard work, ran this day thirty
five kilometers, the ascent being 5000
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 TWEEN
ty-four of our brave companions and
keep eighteen. six for each Of our three
sledges.
We stopped here four days on &C
count of bad weather. Tired of this,
we set out on the 2Sth of November.
On the 26th, in a furious blizzard and
In a dense snowdrift, absolutely moth
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we made the interesting discovery that
the Ross barrier terminated in a blight
toward the southeast at SO degrees
| south latitude and 163 degrees west
longitude, formed between the south
| east mountain range running from
South Victoria land and a range on
the opposite side running in south
westerly direction-probably a continu-
alton of King Edward VII. land.
On the 18th we reached "a degrees,
where we established depot; on the
18th we were at IS degrees, where also
we made depot.
From our winter quarters, ''Fram-
helm" IS degrees So minutes south lat
1tude. we had been marching due
south. On the 18th of November, at IS
degrees, we arrived at a place where
the land and barrier were connected.
This was done without any great diff
ficulty. The barrier here rises in I'M
dulations to about 300 feet Some few
big crevices indicated the limited
boundary.
Here we made our head depot, tax
ing provisions for sixty days on
sledges and leaving thirty days pro-
visions on the spot.
A Difficult Climb.
The land under which we lay and
which we now had to attack looked
quite imposing. The nearest SUBMITS
along the barrier had a height of from
1000 to 10000 feet, but several others
further south were $1,000 feet or more.
The next day we began the climb.
The first part Of it was an easy task
light stops and we'll filed mountain
sides. 1t did not take 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 glaciers,
camping at height of $500 feet. The
third day we were obliged to go down
on a mighty glacier. "AxeI 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 open crevices. These were appar-
emily mostly filled up, as the glaciers
in all probability had long ago stopped
moving. but we had to be very care
full, never knowing for certain how
thick was the layer that covered them.
Our camp that night lay in very pic
turesque surroundings at a height of
c, 900 feet The glacier here was mar
rowed in between the two $4,000 feet
high mountains, the "Fridtjof Nansen"
and the don Pedro Christophersen."
From the bottom of the glacier rose
Mount "Ole Englstad," a big snow
cone 1880 feet high.
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The Pole Attained.

That day was a beautiful one-a light
breeze from southeast, the temperature
minus % Celsius GA degrees below
zero FL, and the ground and sledging
were perfect. The day went along as
usual and at p. m. we made halt.
According to our reckoning, we had
reached our destination. All Of us
gathered around the cobors-a beaut1-
ful silk fag-all hands taking hold of
1t and planting it.
The vast plateau on which the pole
is standing got the name OF the "King
Haakon VII. plateau" It is a vast
plain, alike in all directions. Mile aft
er mile during the night we circled
around the camp.
In the fine weather we spent the fol-
lowing day taking a series OF o&serva-
tons from 6 a. m. to z p. m. The re-
suit gave US 80 degrees 55 minutes.
In order to observe the pole as close
as possible we Travelled as near south
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Days Splendid Work.

The glacier was very much broken
in this comparatively narrow pass. The
mighty crevices seemed to stop US from
going farther, but it was not so serious
as it appeared. Our dogs, which up to
this time had covered a distance Of
about 700 kilometers, the last days
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February, 1911. we commenc
ed to work our way toward
the south, from that day to the 18th
of April establishing three depots,
which in all contained a quantity Of
provisions of about 5000 kilos. One
Thousand six hundred kilos, including
H.1oo kilos OF seal meat, were cached
In so degrees, 100 kiios in 81 degrees
and 800 kilos in So degrees south lati-
tude.
As no landmarks were to be seen,
these depots were marked with flags
seven kilometers on each side in the
easterly and westerly directions.
The ground and the state OF the bar
E1er were of the best and specially well
adapted to driving with dogs. On Feb.
10 we had thus Travelled about hun
bred kilometers. The weight of the
sledges was 300 kilos, and the number
p dogs was six for each sledge. The
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, as possible the remaining nine ktlOme-
tiers.
On Dec. Is there we camped. It was
an excellent opportunity. There was a
brilliant sun. -Four of us took obser-
vations every hour OF the days TWEEN
ty-four hours. The exact result will
report.
This much is certain-that we OBJ
served the pole as close as it is in hui
man power to do it with the instru-
ments we had, a sextant and an artih-
cial 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 Fran pendant
on the top of 1t.
The Norwegian home at the south
pole was called "Polheim.'
The distance from our winter quar-
tiers to the pole was about 1,40o kilo-
meters. The average march day was
twenty-five kilometers-
The Return Journey.
We started on the return trip on the
18th of December. Unusually favor
able weather made our way home COM
siderably easier than the journey to
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 thirty-six kilometeFs.
The lowest temperature was minus 81
OaIa +
the highest minus Celsius (23 degrees
above zero F).
Among the results are the determine
don of the extent and character OF 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 noun
tains running toward the southeast,
which were observed as far as SO de-
srees south, but which in all proba hill
ity continue across the antarctic CONT
nent.
The entire length of the newly dis
covered mountains is about $50 kilo-
meters. They have been named Queen
Maud's range"
The expedition to King Edward VII
land, under the command of Lieuten-
ant Prestud, has given excellent re-
suits. SCOTS discoveries have been
confirmed, and the survey of the Bay
of Whales and of the barrier dome by
the Prestud party are of great interest.
A good geological collection from
King Edward VII. and South Victoria |
land is being brought home.
The Fran arrived at the Bay Of |
Whales on the 9th Of January. She had |
been delayed by the Roaring Forties'
on account of the easterly winds.
On Jan. 10 the Japanese expedition |
arrived at the Bay OF Whales and land |
ed on the barrier near our winter quar-
tiers. We left the Bay of Whales on |
Jan. 30. 1t was a long voyage. with |
contrary winds. All are well.
ROALD AAdUNDSEN.
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est south latitude attained was rs de-
grees Al minutes.
Before the arrival of winter we had
5000 kilos of seal meat in the depots.
enough for ourselves and 40 dogs.
Eight dog houses, a combination of
tents and snow huts were built.
Winter on the Ice Barrier.
Having cared for the dogs, the turn
came to use our solid little hut. 1t
was almost entirely covered with snow
by the middle of April. First we had
to get light and air. The Lux lamp.
which had a power of 200 standard
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Open Water All Winter.

There was very little snow, and
there was open water close by through
out the winter. For the same reason
higher temperature had been expected,
but it remained very low.
In five months there were observed
temperatures between minus so and
go degrees Celsius (5S and 76 degrees
below zero F.), the lowest tempera-
ture, on the 18th of August, being
minus SO degrees Celsius. 1t was then
calm. On Aug. / the temperature was
minus So degrees Celsius, and there
were six meters Of wind. The mean
temperature for the year was minus
Is degrees Celsius GAS below zero FL.
1 had expected hurricane after hur-
ricane, but L observed only two mod
crate storms and many excellent auro-
ia australis in all directions.
The sanitary conditions were of the
best all the winter. and when the sun
returned on Aug. "a we met the men
sound in mind and body, ready to set
about the task that had to be solved
Already, the day before, we had
brought our sIedges to the starting
place for our march toward the south
Only in the beginning of September
did the temperature rise to such an
extent that there was any question of
setting out.
First Start For the Pole.
On Sept eight men, with seven
sledges, ninety dogs and provisions for
four months, started. The ground was
perfect. The temperature was not bad.
The next day it appeared that we had
started too early, as the temperature of
the following days fell and was kept
steady between minus so and so Gel
sius (0S degrees and 76 degrees below
zero FL. Personally, we did not suf-
fer at all from this cold. Our good furs
protected US. But with our dogs it was
different matter. 1t would easily be
seen that they shrunk from day to day,
and we understood pretty soon that
they could not stand the long run to
our depot at 80 degrees south.
We agreed on returning and to wait
for the arrival of spring. The provi
sions were cached, and off we went for
the hut. With the exception of the
loss of a few dogs and couple of
frozen heels everything was all right.
Only in the middle of October spring
came in earnest. Seals and birds ap-
peared. The temperature was steady
between 20 and 30 Celsius (68 degrees
and SO degrees F..
The original plan that all of us should
go toward the south had been changed.
Five men had to do this work, while
the other three were to start for the
east and visit King Edward VII. land.
k,fv@ In,
cluded in our program, but owing to
the fact that the English had not reach
ed it at least this summer, as was their
intention. we agreed that the best thing
to do was also to make this trip.
On Oct, 20 the southern party started
five men, four sledges, hfty-two dogs
and provisions for four months-every-
thing In excellent order.
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STORY OF HIS SOUTH POLE DASH
The Pole Surrounded by a
Vast Plateau Named In
King Haakon's Honor.
Three Days Spent at
Point FartheSt South.
Devils Dancing Room"

scientific work as possible was done,
and some astonishing meteorological
observations were taken.
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1921 degrees south latitude. The hyp-
someter indicated 5000 feet above sea
level.
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to be at the pole on Dec. IA in the aft
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ANUNDSENS Own
The Explorer and Four
Companions With Fifty
two Dogs Climb Over Ice
Mountains to the Pole.
New Range of Mountains
Located.
BY ROALD AMUNDSEN.
Copyright, 1912, by the New York Times
Company.

TAN rights reserved
WW OBART, Tasmania, March 8,
11:2O a. Mon the 10th of
AA February, 1911. we commenc-
ed to work our WY toward
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Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior. L. $. Lane
Office at Las Cruces. New Mexico
January ~. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Thoma'
&. Upton of Deming, \. Mexico, VII,
on Sept l3, 1906. made homestead en-,
try No. 1870 l0l9Ol} for 5. net; e. set
section y, township rs, range llw,
y VI L NJ has filed notice Of intention
to make final five year proof "a
establish claim to the land above de-.
scribed, before h. y. McKeyes. L. ).
Commissioner al Deming. New Mexico.
on the lith day Of March. 1912
Claimant names a. witnesses.
Robert NJ. Wilson of Deming. y. NJ.
Perry Langiori
Leo Williams
Marion Y. Portword
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Notice Of Contest.


Serial NO J253g Contest No. 2b6l
Department Of the Interior. United
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February 9. 1912.
To CAREY NJ. Martin. OF f. Pa,u.
Paso Texas. Cont-Styr.
You are hereby notified that Emor,
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hi pustotiicc address. didon Jauuar, -
1912. OH, IN this oiic, hi, duy currob..
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the cancellation of your homestead an-
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March a. 1905 for 81. Secs Township
- Rang, Tow NMP Meridian. and -
grounds for his contest hr aIicgr. that
laid Carey W. Martin ha, not r,tah.
.'htd residence uu TIN, tract %. land.
nor j. tn said ca.mau, making mi,
tract home 90 th, exclusion Of on,
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not now nor ha, he ever resided un said
tract. Nor j. any Of the said tract IN
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You arr. therefore. further notified
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Notice for Publications

Department of the Interior T. =
, Land Oiiice at Las Cruces. Nry
Mexico. February, 9Th, 1872 " W
=, Notice !, hereby given that yrlns NJ
Hines. Of Demlng. ~ NJ. who ON Aa",
uSl II, 1908, made homestead nntry r.
Ol%', for swt, ,cc3l. township 2is rang,.
w. MP Meridian has filed nn,ir" -
intention to make final rommu,,,,nn
proof. 10 establish claim 10 The I."J
a a, described. before Il. !. Mckpycs
~ > Commissioners, at Deming. New
Me exec on the 18th, day Of March 1872
tIalmant names as witnesses.
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Serial No. O6640
department of the Interior.
United States Land Office.
Las Cruces, New Mexico Jan ~ 1912
Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that on the ~
dag of January A. ID. 1912. III, Santa
Fe Pacific Railroad Company made APP
pllcation at the United States Land OF.
flee at Las Cruces, New Mexico. TO Sc
lect under the Act of April 2lst. 1900.
lS3 stat PHI N, following described
land, to-wit:
The southwest quarter OF section
eight. township twenty-five south.
range nine west. New Mexico Base and
Meridian. New Mexico.
The purpose Of this notice l. to allow
a.. persons claiming the land adversely.
or desiring to show it to be- mineral in
character, an opportunity to file objeo-
ton TO such location or selection with III,
.oca officers for the land district 10
which the land ii situate, to-w!t. at the
and office aforesaid and tu establish
their interests therein. oy the mineral
character thereof
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department of the In,.r,., - -.
Land Office at Las Cr,rr, -
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ta,ion ,V nrd9 I" maxi final com Dr,,'
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