The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-03-14

dis lance of about 700 kilometers, the
the last very hard work. result ran
this day 80 kilometers, the ascent be-
ing $500 feet, an almost incredible
record
1t took us only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inland
! plateau.
We camped that night at height OF
10000 feet. Here we had to kill twep-
ty-four of our brave companions and
keep eighteen. six for each of our
three sledges.
We stopped here four days on ac-
count of bad weather. Tired of this,
We set out on the 2Sth of November.
On the 26th, In a furious blizzard and
in a dense snow drift. absolutely
nothing was to be seen, but we felt
that. contrary to expectations, we
were going fast down hill. The hypso-
meter CAV us that day a descent of
600 feet.
We continued our march the next
day In a gale, and a dense snowdrift
got our faces badly frozen We could
see nothing. We reached that day Sc
degrees. dead reckoning The hypso-
meter indicated a fall CT 500 feet.
The next day was similar. The
weather cleared a 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 snowdrift.
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 running
| toward the south At it's eastern end
was the mountain range going in a
southeasterly direction. OF the west
ern part of it no view was to be had.
it being hidden in the dense dog. At
the foot OF this glacier, the Devils
Glacier" depot for six days was es-
tablished, at 1921 degrees south lati.
tude. The hypsometer indicated g.
600 feet above sea level.
A Splendid Mountain vieA.
On Nov. 80 we began to climb the
glacier. The lower part of it was
very much broken and dangerous.
Moreover, the snow bridges very often
burst From our camp that night we
lad a splendid view over the noun
tain to the east. There was "Helmar
Hansen's Summit" the most remark
able of them all. 1t was $4,000 feet
high and covered with such broken
glaciers that in all probability no foot
hold was to be found. oscar Wist-
ing's "Sverre Hassers', and "Olav
Hjanlands" mountains also lay here,
beautifully illuminated in the rays of
the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternate
ly to be viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time Mount Nielsen"
with its SUBMITS and peaks about Is.
coo feet high.
We only saw the nearest surround
ings.
1t took us three days to surmount
the Devils Glacier, always in misty
weather.
On the LIST Of December We left this
broken glacier, with holes and crevices
without number, with it's height of g..
100 feet. Before us, looking in the
mist and snowdrifts, like frozen sea,
appeared a light, sloping ice plateau
filled with small hummocks.
The walk over this frozen sea vas
not pleasant The ground under us
quite hollow, and it sounded as though
We were walking on the bottoms of
Cell
through. then couple of dogs. We
could not use skis on this polished
ice. Sledges had the best of it.
The place got the name of THE
Devils Dancing Room" This part of
our march was the most unpleasant.
On Dec. 9Th we got our greatest
height, according to the hypsometer
and aneroid, 10,750 feet, at 81 degrees
40 minutes 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 reckoning and
observation were exactly alike-SS
degrees, SO minutes 1876 seconds
south
Before us lay an absolutely plain
Plateau. only here and there marked
with a tiny sastrugi
In the Afternoon we passed SO de.
grees % minutes (Shackleton's farth-
crest south was SO degrees 25 minutes)
We camped and established our last
depot, No. 10. from 80 degrees rs
minutes the plateau began to slope
down very gently and smoothly to-
ward the other side, on the 9th of Dec
we reached so degrees SO minutes: on
Dec. IL SO degrees 80 minis; Dec 13.
SO degrees, As minutes. Up to this
tire the observations and dead rec<-
on.hg agreed remarkably we'll and we
made out that We ought to be at the
poie on Dec. l4th, in the afternoon.
The Pole Attained.
fortunately enough, that day was a
beautiful one-a light breeze from
southeast. the temperature minus %
Genus, GA degrees below 0 Farbep.
heit, and the ground and shedding
were perfect. The day went along as
usual, and at D. m we made a halt.
According to our reckoning we had
reached our destination. All OF usI
gathered around the colors- beauti-
ful silk fiag-all hands baking hold OF
1t and planting it. The vast pleateau
on which the pole is standing got the
name of the 'sKing Haakon VII.
plateau
II IL a vast nlain ol;l,o L. II, IL,