The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
grees dead reckoning The hypsome-
ter indicated a fall of 800 feet.

grees dead reckoning. The hypsome-
ter indicated a fall of 800 feet.
The next day was similar. The
weather cleared little at dinner
time and exposed to our view a mighty
mountain range to the east and not
far off, only for a moment, and then
it disappeared in the dense snow
drift. On the 10Th it Gained down
and the sun shone, though 1t was not
the only pleasant surprise he gave. In
our course stretched big glacier run
ming toward the south. At it's east
ern end was the mountain range 60
ing in a southeasterly direction. OF
the western part of it no view was to
be had, it being hidden in the dense
fog. At the foot Of this glacier, the
Devils Glacier" depot for six days
was established, at 86.21 degrees south
latitude. The hypsometer indicated
5000 feet above sea level.
SPLENDID MOUNTAIN VIEW.
On Nov. 80 we began to climb the
glaciers, and on the 9Th of Decem-
Der we got our greatest height, ac-
cording to the hypsometer and ane-
roid 10,750 feet, at 81 degrees 40 min
utes south. On Dec. 8 We came out of
the bad weather. Once again the sun
smiled down on us. Once again we
could get an observation. Dead reck-
oning and observation were exactly
alike-8S degrees, SO minutes, 1866
seconds south. Before US lay an abb
solute plain plateau, only here and
there marked with tiny sastrugi.
In the afternoon we passed SO de-
grees 28 minutes (Shackleton's furth-
est south was SO degrees % minutes).
We camped and established our last
depot, depot No. 10. From SO degrees
Is minutes the plateau began to
slope down very gently and smoothly
toward the other. side.
On the next day we reached SO
degrees 80 minutes, on Dec. 10 88 de-
grees Sc minutes, Dec. II 80 degrees
IL minutes, Dec. IL 80 degrees 30 min.
utes, Dec. IS 80 degrees 45 minutes.
Up to this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remark
ably we'll and we made out that we
ought to be at the pole on Dec. IA.
That day was a beautiful one-a
light breeze from southeast, the tenn
perature minus % celsius (29.4 degrees
below zero Fahrenheit) and the
ground and sleighing were perfect.
The day went along as usual and at
8 p. m. we made . halt. According to
our reckoning we had reached our
destination. All of US gathered around
the colors--a beautiful silk fiag-all
hands taking hold Of 1t and planting 1t.
IN HONOR OF HAAKoN.
The vast plateau On which the pole
is standing got the name of the King
Haakon VII. Plateau" 1t Is a vast
plain, alike in all directions, mile after
mile.
In the fine weather we spent the fol-
lowing day taking series of observa-
tons from 6 a. m. to z p. M. The re-
suit gave us 80 degrees So minutes.
In order to observe the pole az
close as possible We travelled, as near
south as possible, the remaining nine
kilometers.
On Dec. 18th there we camped. It
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 professional
private report.
On Dec II everything was in order
on the spot. We fastened to the
ground a little tent we had brought
along, a Norwegian flag and the Fran
pennant on the top of 1t. The Norwe-
gian home at the South pole wsa
called "Polheim."
The distance from our winter quar-.
ters to the pole was about 1,400 kilo-
meters. The average march day
was twenty-five kilometers.
We started on the return trip on the
18th of December. Unusually favorable
weather made our way home consider
ably easier than tho journey to the
pole. We arrived at our winter quar-
tiers, "Framheim," on Jan. 25, 1912,
with two sledges and eleven dogs, all
well. ROALD AMUNDSEN.