The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-14

remarkable Of them all. II was 1900
feet high and covered with such brok-
en- glaciers that in all probability no
foothold was to be found. oscar
Wis;ings," "SverGe Hassels" and
"Olav Hjanlands" mountains also lay
here, beautifully illuminated in the
rays OF the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternate.
" Uc be viewed in the ttg, appeared
from time to time Mount Nielsen"
with its SUBMITS an1 peaks about
$4,000 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 1st of December we
lef this broken glacier, with holes
and creVices without number, with
it's height of 9,100 feet. Before us,
looking, in the mist and snowdrift,
like frozen sea appeared a light,
sloping ice plateau filled with small
hummocks. The walk over It's froz-
en- sea was not pleasant. The ground
under us was lutte hollow, and it
sounded as though we were walking
on the bottom of empty barrels. As
it was, man fell through, then a
couple of dogs. We could not use
our skis on this polished ice.
Sledges had the best of It, The place
got the name the Devils Dancing
Room" This part of our march was
the most unpleasant.
On December we got our greatest
height, according to the hypsometer
and aronoid 10,750 feet at 81 de-
grees 40 minutes south. On Decem-
ber we came out of the bad weather
Once again the sun slid down on
us. Once again we could get an
observation. Dead reckoning and OBJ
servation were exactly alike-88 de-
grees 88 minutes 1876 seconds south
Before US lay an absolutely plain plat
eau only here and there marked with
tiny sastrugi In the afternoon we
passed SS degrees 23 minutes (Shac-
kleton's furthest south was 88 de-
grees rs minutes); we camped and
established our last depot, depot No.
10.
Down Gentle Slope.
From 80 degrees 25 minutes the
plateau began to slope down very
gently and smoothly toward the other
side. On the 9th of December we
reached 80 degrees SO minutes; on
December 10, 8S degrees Sc minutes;
December II, SO degrees, Is minutes
December IL, SO degrees 80 minutes
December 13, SO degrees As minutes.
Up to this time the observations and
dead reckoning agreed remarkably
well, and we made out that we ought
to be at the pole on December 14th
the afternoon. That day was a beau
tiful one, light breeze from south
east, the temperature minus % celsius
(9.4 degrees below zero Fahrenheit)
and the ground and sledging we're per
feet. The day went along as usual
and at p. m. we made halt.
Reach Destination.
According to our reckoning we had
reached our destination. All of US
gathered around the colors-a beau
tiful silk fag-all hands taking hold
Of it and planting. The vast plateau
on which the pole is standing got the
name the of King Haakon VII Plat
eau" 1t is vast plain alike in al
| directions; mile after mile during the
night we circled around the camp
In the fine weather we spent the fol
| lowing day taking a series of obser
vations from a. m. to p. m. The
result gave us SO degrees 55 minutes
In order to observe the pole as
close as possible we travelled as neal
south as possible the remaining nine
| kilometers. On December 18th there
we camped. 1t was an excellent op
portunity. There was a brilliant sun
Four of us took observations every
hour of the days twenty-four hours
| The exact result will be the matter
of a professional private report. This
much is certain-that we observed
! the pole as close as it is in human
| pOWSI " w IL Win LilC IlAobA
we had-a sextant and an artificia
horizon.
On December 18th everything was
in order on the spot. We fastened tC
the ground little tent we haC
brought along, a Norwegian flag ant
Fran pendant on top of it. The Nor
wegian home at the south pole wa
called "Polhelm" The distance from
our winter quarters to the pole was
about 1,4OO kilometers. The average
march a day was 25 kilometers. We
started on the return trip on the 18th
of December. Unusually favorable
weather made our way home consid
erably easier than the journey to the
pole. We arrived at our winter quar-
ters, "Framheim," on the 25th o.
January, 1912, with two sledges anC
eleven dogs, all we'll
The daily average speed on the re
turn trip was Sc kilometers; the low
est temperature was minus 81 celsius
(23.8 degrees below zero FahrenhelO
the highest minus 5 celsius (23 de
grees above zero Fahrenheit). Among
the results are the determination o.
the extent and character of the Ross
barrier and the discovery Of the con
nection CT South Victoria land ant
probably King Endward VII land, witt
their continuation in the might!
mountains running toward the south
east, which were observed as far a
S8 degrees south, but which in al
probabilities continue across the ant
arctic continent.
Discoveries Of Great Interest.
The entire length of the newly dis
covered mountains is about $50 kilo
meters. They have been named
! Un,oo, Moulbe