The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-03-15

hummocks, The walk over this frozen
ice was not pleasant. The ground uu-
der us was quite hollow. and ii sound,
ed as though We were walking on the
bottoms OF empty barrels. AS II was.
a man fell through, then a couple OF
dogs. We could not use our skis on
this polished ice. Sledges had the
best of il.
The place got the name the Devils
Dancing Room" This part Of our
march was the most unpleasant. On
December 9th We got our greatest
height, according to the hypsometer
and aneroid, 1880 feet, at 81 degrees
40 minutes south.
On December Sth 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--SS degrees SIS minutes 1876 sec
onds south.
Before us lay an absolutely plain
plateau. only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugi In the afternoon
we passed SO degrees rs minutes
CShackieton tarlh"St south was 3"
degrees Is minutrs), We Camped
and established our last depot, depot
number 10, FROM ~ degrees 20 MN
utes the plateau began to slope down
very geDtfy ana s~'hoo'hIy 'o"a'u Tue
other side.
On the Sth OF December we reaci,e"
So degrees ~ minutes, on DecemDer
10th, 81 degrees 3o minutes Decef''
Der 18th, 81 degrees 10 minutes De
cember l2th, ~ o'Ere'S 81 Wlliu'eS'
December 18TH ~ degrees 40 MIN
utes.
Up TO THIS Ilhl' the oDSe'NaI'oiS
and dead reckoning agreed remarNa-
bly well, ana we 'l"u' o"I '""I We
ought to be at the pole on December
l4th IN the afternoon
That day was q ooautilul ohe-a
hght breeze from ''t 6ou'i'ea''' taie
temperature minus Z" celsius vs.
degrees Delo" zero f"hreIlhe''' anu
the ground ana sIedRlhg were perfect
me DAY vent along as usual anu AZ
) p. m. we maze q an, ACCORDING "
our reckoning we hau reacheu QUIZ
DESTINATION All OF us sathereu a'oUiIu
the coloFs-a oeau'lIul SIN nag an
hahds takihg hoIu OF II "nu pI"h''
ing IT,
The vast plateau on "hlch 'Ae pore
Is stauuihB got '''' name Vi In' nuns
Haakon W. fIa'e"' 1t Is d 'aS'
plain alike IN al dlrecllohS' mi'e
after mile during the night we clrcieo
around the camp
In the hne weather we spent the
following DAY taxing d series OIL oo-
serVatlons' IRON b a m. 10 p III,
the result ave II" % uesIeeS %
minutes
In order 10 observe the pole as
close as posSlDie we traVeleu az heat
south as posSlOle' 'He 'el'"'nlh6 .
kilometers'
On December TO- IneIe We cahlpeu'
II was an eSCeI'ehI opportunity.
There was a Dfilliaht sun Four 0!
us TOOK o~DserVa'lohS every hour Oh
the days tWehtylour lhe OK
act result Will De the matter Oh Il pro-
lesslohai private report
TINS much Is certain: thaC we oD-
served the pole az Gloss DIS 1t ~ III
human power TO 10 II WIN the IhS'Fu'
mentS we had-a SeStant ana an arli'
hcial horlzoh.
Norwegian RAG MARKS spot
On December 1'Ih' everything was
IN order on the Spot. we laSteheu 10
the GROUND d NIUE tent We hau
brought along a Nor"eslah nag anu
the 'tram u OIL the Iop Vi H.
me Norwegian nome at the 0outh
POLE was called 'folheln' Inc ulS'
lance from our winter quarters u lhe
pole was about l,4Vo kllonleIerS' Inc
average march a DAY was 70 Kiiome'
tiers.
we started on the return "Trip on
the lSth OF Deceihpet' OhusuallJ Id
Vorable weather MADE our way nome
considerably easier than the journey
to the pole we arrived at our winter
quarters, "Framhelm' on the 29th OF
January, l9l2, Win TWO siedses ana
eleven dogs, all well
Among the results are the determI'
nation OF the extent ana character OF
the Ross Barrier, IN the discovery
or the connection OIL oouth victoria
Land and probaOly hihB EDWARD VII
Land, with their III the
southeast WHICH "eie oOe7''1u ="
lar as 30 degrees Sou'a' Dut Which III
all probability continue across the