The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-16
AMUNOSEN WINS
SOUTH POLE RACE
The Norwegian Explorer Tells Of His
Antarctic Dash.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF The TRIP
Captain Amundsen's Own Narrative Of
His Attainment of the South
Pole December IA, II,
1911

(By Road Amundsen. Copyright
1912, by The N. Y. Times Co. All
rights reserved.)
Hobart, Tasmania, March Sat 2
q m. on the 10th day OF February,
1911, we commenced 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, including 1,100 kilos of seal
meat, were cached In so degrees, 100
kilos in 81 degrees and 800 kilos in 80
degrees south latitude.
AS no land marks 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 tha
harrier ware - the host a,d erac,o1.
-, 49,. 80 ~.
"en aaapleu u arriving "ita Jugs.
Tn February 10, we had thus travel
ed about 100 kilometers. The weight
" tne sieuses was ooV KIDS, anu NE
number OF dogs was six for each
sledge. The surface OF the barrier
I was smooth and fine with no sastrugi.
4 The crevices were very local and were
found dangerous in only two places.
TIL For the rest long. smooth india
sstson.
SSs ne weather was exceHent, Calm
eF a light breeze. The lowest tenn
Il 1,Arature ON these denot trims was
ss,,s.na Ak ca,s,ns ~ cent,orada fae
q |Sraas ho,ow 80 fabra,ba,t, IN
Il D. al :, 49, ~, -. 49,, ,u,,
3D. - -
80 q :, >. s.lp ~ 10 -
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a. nao a. aay ~. 70 W.
4 ~ usen, iu 1na.
r. .ss nau eueoeeueo
Exs nei souSn anu
' sa hoisl,hs ene coioIs y nis coun,
80 e ' - -. 49,
|ssE s,.-..ss. - s. ~. - -
*ha hIgh.st .o,th ,aSitnda sttatnad ~,
vas 7s degrees ii minutes.
Winter - tho les nsrrtsr.
80 s ~ e 80 sl q, e lnssr -
dopoxs, snough Tor ourselves ma
ITO dogs Eight dog houaes, Conn
bination OF tents and Show huts
we're built.
Having cared for the dogs the turn
came 70 use our soiid little nut II
snow by the middle OF Anr1i. first
We had to get light and air. The
u1 lamp. Wnich haa power 1oo
,,.nt 1,aht sna 80 ~ te.t,,rs
IN n % degrees celsius fes degrees
Fabrenbeit, throughout the winter
our excellent ventilation system gave
US all the air we wanted.
In direct communication with the
hut and dog houses on the Barrier
were workshops, packing, rooms, cell
liars for provisions, coal. wood and
#oil, plain bath, steam bath, and
observatory. Thus we had everything
within doors If the weather should
Hbe too cold and stormy.
The sun left US on the 22nd OF
April and did not return until four
months later The winter was spent
In changing our whoie outht, whfch
on the depot Trips was FOUND TO pc
toe clumsy and solld 1or the smootn
surface OF the Barrier. Besloes tnls,
as much sclentlhc work as possible
was done, and some astonishing
meteorological observations were
taken.
Open Water all Winter.
There was very little snow, and
there was open water close by
throughout the winter. For the same
reason higher temperature had been
expected, but 1t remained very low.
In five months there were observed
temperatures between minus so and
b0 degrees celsius, 100 ara 10 ae-
grees peio" zeio am enhei.J 'ne
49, a,,,,s 70 doarass
:. 49, oo,ro rs tha
~. .ann.t,,ra ,as
-. % $50 oalsins ,nd +hars
minus 70 ,,ins
Vs. ga .ness 4rra f,r .na vaor
- - &c searaas ea,s,rs, G4e
80 "as ' nus tabranbsitS