The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-07
Another Report Via Via New Zealand Says That Amundsen and Scott Both Attained FurtheSt South
Amundsen is Most Modest of Modern Explorers and Made No Great Fuss When He Dis covered Magnetic North Pole
Capt. Scott's South Pole Expedi- ton Left London in June 1910, Win 60 Men Picked From List oi 6, coo Volunteers, 20 Ponie and 30 Dogs
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 London, March 7Satisfied as to the authenticity of the report received from wellington, N. C., that Captain Roald Amundsen admits his British rival, Captain Scott. has won the hon. or of being the first individual to reach .farthest South. Great Britain prepared today for period of general rejoicing. Scott's wife and closest friends are anxiously awaiting word from the English explorer. whose pres- ent position is not yet known.
 Why Amundsen should have admit ted Scott reached the South Pole and made no statement of what he, him self, accomplished is puzzle heIe' although it is rumored that the NoT- forbade him saying anything for gen eral publication regarding his own work in the unexplored Southern ter ritory. Officials of the Royal Geo. graphical Society are especially anx- ious for word of the Scott expedition. They have feared all along that the Norwegian expedition, equipped as 1t was with many things Scott did not take alone, might wrest the honors from the Englishrnan.
 Amundsen, 1t was acknowledged, did \nOt intend wasting any time In max ng scientific observations. but plan ned a wild dash to the Pole and a Hash back again. That he admits Scott reached the Pole is construed here as meaning that the English ex- petition at least got there first. Amundsen Is the most noted of the Norwegian explorers, and it was he that discovered the Northwest Pass age. All of his life has been spent on the see and he was with pr. Cook for two years on the Belg1ca exped1- tion in the Artic. He Is easily the most modest of modern explorers and when he located the north magnetic pole he made no very great fuss about it.
 He sailed from Buenos Ayres late in 1910, and he was left near King Ed ward Land by the Tram. which went back to warmer waters to walt 1oi him. The Tram, his ship .s Nansen's old Artic ship. being. 125 feet long, II feet from deck to keel and, the hull be- ine 70 inches thick.
 When the Scott expedition left Eng land, the British commander knew he was to have a rival in the Norwegian but he found him in MacMurdo Sound when he reached there. From tha' moment both sides strove desperately for the advantage and so close was the race that leading geographers here have said they would not be sur prised should the result prove dead heat.
 Captain Scott is 43 years old. H' served with distinction in the British navy; in 1901 he commanded the shiI Discovery. built especially for a voy- age into the frozen regions, and push ed into the Ross Sea, discovering 8 new land to the east. The following year he led his party overland 3S( miles to the south, establishing new s,farthest south" record. In 1903, he travelled 300 miles and returned through the land to the west, carry ing on the most extensive explora tions on record at that time.
 Captain Scott's south pole expedi- tion left London in June, 1910. His ship is the Terra Nova, a Scottish whaler which was remodeled especial. " for the trip. He took with him 6t men, picked from a list of 5000 vol unteers; zo Siberian ponies, 30 dogs and two motor sledges. Only 25 mer are understood to have accompanied Captain Scott on the final stages O. ehe pole dash.