The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-01
weather conditions as Amundsen, few
doubted he would be successful.
Nav Try Bold Coup.

WAY lTy Dolu COuP'
Now comes the Disappointing news
that Scott is spending another winter
in the Antarctic. and there will be fur
ther weary waiting before it can be
known whether he even succeeded in
reaching the pole. According to some
of Captain Scott S intimate friends
here, no surprise need be felt at his de-
cision TO spend another winter in the
south, this having been within the or
iginsl scope of his Intentions, They
suggest that he may have learned of
Amundsen 8 exploit, and thcreupon de-
termined to attempt a great journey
across the ice barrier, returning from
the side almost opposite to that from
which he started.
lf this is so, the Terra Nova prob
ably received instructions to meet Scott
at some fixed date at the point on the
barrier opposite Graham land far to the
south of Cape Horn. 1t will be remem
bered that the German explorer, Lieu
tenant Filchner, is operating from that
side, and in that case the two parties
may meet.
In the absence Of a fuller dispatch
from Scott, the tendency here is TO at
tribute his failure to the employment
of ponies instead of dogs.
Scott Best Equipped.
His was the best equipped expedition
that ever started for south polar re-
gions, His final 500-mile dash for the
pole started at the beginning Of Octo-
ber. Besides Scott, his party consisted
of Lieutenants Evans, Johnston and
Bowers; &. G.. Simpson Of the Indian
survey department and c. n. Mears, the
well known traveller. He expected to
reach the pole before Christmas. Evi.
Il L. 4 .1o
made over familiar ground--slowcr
even than Shackelton IS expedition
unexpected difficulties were encoun.
tered.
1t is recalled that press dispatch
from New Zealand last May contained
hints of possible failure. The dispatch
stated that Scott was making prepa-
rations for a second attempt in case
the first should be unsuccessful. 1t
was suggested that he had misgivings
about the ponies, and had arranged
dian transport mules and also Siberian
dogs to replace the ponies.
Still Behind Shackleton.
Whatever may have been the diff
culties, it is now clear that to Amund-
sen belongs the honor Of first reaching
the south pole. Last news of Scott
leaves him still fifty miles to go to
equal Shackleton s farthest south point
In January, 1909, and it is unlikely
that any later news will be heard of
him before October. Until then it will
not be known whether be pushed on
and reached the pole, or was obliged
to turn back and return to winter quar-
ters.
The news arrived too late for press
comment or to gather the views of
scientists and explorers, but there is
no doubt that Scott s. non success will
be the subject of the keenest disap.
pointment.
Another winter. which the advices from
New Zealand say Captain Scott had de-
cided to spend In the Antarctic. will make
period OF two years that the Scott
party will have worked in the south polar
region.
On June 1. 1910. his party sailed on
the old whaler Terra Nova from Lon
don, Captain Scott joined the expedi-
ton in New Zealand and on November
20 1910, the pole hunters sailed from
Port Chalmers. y. H.. thinking they Were
the only party headed for the southern
goal
Captain Scott had the experience OF
two previous expeditions 10 rely upon
On one-that OF ls02-he reached SO de-
grees l6 minutes and SO seconds.
Profttng by his own experience and
by the success which Sir Ernest Shackle-
ton had in getting farther south, Scott
took twenty Siberian ponies and three
motor sledges on the expedition, as well
as the dogs.
The original hope was to reach the
polo by Christmas. 1911, and to return 70
civilization in March. 1912. The party
landed in McMurdo bay in January. 1911
and Lieutenant PennelI then took the
Terra Nova back TO New Zealand. On
the way he discovered that Amunds Ell
had started south in an effort TO beat the
| Scott party TO the pole.