The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-12


mails that were left to us. However.
| organized a series of lectures. To
divert ourselves we played football,
rather frigid sport. The remaining
animals improved in condition stead
lily. In June, which is midwinter.
several of us started on q 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 snow hut behind
a land ridge on the slopes of Mount
Terror to avoid a 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 to lay eggs, which should
give considerable information about
the ambryology of birds.
Engines Got Too Hot.
I'VE left Hut Point on November 2
marched the night. resting in the day
time and gave the ponies the benefit
of the warmer day temperature. We
followed the track Of the motors OF
miles. then found the machines aban
doned on account Of the heavy sur
! faces. | decided to march Is 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 80
They disabused my mind as to The
cause of abandoning the motors. The
only cause was the overheating o
the air cooled engines.
1.-The machines dragged heavy load
over the worst part of the barriers
surfaces and crossed several crew
asses Considering the inadequate
trial given TO them their success ha
been remarkable With the expert
ence we have gained reliable TRACTION
cars could be constructed which coul
travel anywhere in this region an
thus save the sacrifice of so man
animals
"On December 10 we were in lat
tude 1887 south. As we proceede
the weather grew worse. The sno'
storms were frequent. Land was rare
ly visible. 1t was difficult 10 kee
straight course and maintain stead
marches. We came within twent
miles of Mount Hope on December
then we were delayed for four day
by a gale during which We were o.
cupied continually In digging th
ponies out of the snow. To my know
edge no such long storm has eve
been recorded in December IL thes
regions. We could not have advance
at all had not the leading pony wOr
snow shoes and been hauled along
men Oh. skis 1t took Il hours fl
Us to do eight miles.
"On December q In latitude 50
We were four miles west of Moul
Darwin 1t was very difficult to pr
coed because of the soft snow. II
runner surface of the sledges was /
adequate. Otter they sank 10 Il
! cross bars For four days We stru
gled through this icy morass at q
rate of five miles a day. 1t was d
\ ficult even 10 pitch camp or to lie;
\ the sledges on such a surface. Til
\ portion of the glacier contains mo
\ crevasses than any other.
!, is Pushing Forward.
\ "On January 3. latitude 1882, aft
i leaving the upper glacier depot sou
from Mount Darwin, We started soul
west, but could not clear the crevasSt
But on the fourth day because
y were at such an altitude, We got
Y splendid view OF the distribution
IT the land and of the masses OF ice Ii
II fringed it and of the arrangement
e the ice falls. Since then We have
0. eraged Is miles a day.
"a "On Christmas day We were close
,e the eighty-sixth parallel. On ~
1T Years eve We were in latitude So.
OF There we fitted our sledges with ne
sc short runners. This remarkable pie
TO of work was performed by the seam
of the party, under the most advel
IN conditions.
IN We were now w.thir $50 miles
oy the pole.
X Il am going forward with FIVE N
n sending three back under Lieuten;
Evans with this data.
ut The advance party consists OF I
re self, DR. Wilson. the chief OF the
be entific staff: Captain Oates OF the
niskilling dragons. In charge of
IN ponies and mules; Lieutenant Bow
OF the Royal Indian marines. the C,
tn missiarat officer. and Petty ON
N. Evans OF the Royal navy. In charge
NJ the eledges-