The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-14
some places il was so steep lhat il vas

some places it was so steep that it was
ditticjit to use our shis
Some ,is clevices forced MS from
time TO Tine TO make detours. The first
day We climbed 1000 feet. The next
day mostly mp some small glaciers.
camping at a height of 400 feet. The
third day We We're obliged 10 90 down
ON a mighty glacier. 'Exelhyheras
Glacier. Which divided the coast
i4euntains from 1ke mountains further
soalh. The neAt day began the loneesl
ne of c" limb. Many detours mad
To be n m order To avoid broad
cracks a. IN cIcvices. These We're
apparently l1ostly filled mp, as The
glaciers in all probability had long 6
stopped l2oN :ng, bur We had to be very
careful, never knowing for certain how
thick was the layer that covered them.
Our camp that night lay in very
picturesque Surroundings al Il height G
1000 feet. The glacier here Was mar
rowed in between the two IL, o00.teet
mountains. the "I'rid;i of NansenN and
the Don Pedro Christopherson.H from
the bottom of the glacier rose mount
Ole Enslstad," a big snow cone a.
800 feet high.
The glacier was very mach broken
in this comparatively narrow pass.
The mighty creNices seemed to stop us
from going turiher bur it was no SO
serious as it appeared. Our dogs.
which mp to this time had covered a
distance of about 1000 kilometers, the
last DAYS hard work, ran this day 80
ki!ometers, the ascent being $500 feet,
an almost incredible record. 1t took
us only -four days from the barrier TO
get up on Il vast inland plateau.
We camped that night at a height
of 10000 feet. Here we had TO Kill!
ana keep eighteen, sin for each OF our
three sledges.
We stopped here four days on
account OF bad weather. Tired OF this.
we set o November IS. On the 26th
in "A furious blizzard and in a dense
snowdrift. absolutely nothing was 10 be
seen but we felt than, contrary to ex-
pectations, we We're going fast down
hill. The hipsometer gave us a fall OF
500 feet.
The next day was similar. The
weather cleared a lirtle at dinner time
and exposed to our view a migaty
mountain range to the east. not far
etf. only for a moment. and then IN
disappeared in the dense %snowdrift. On
the 29tli il calmed down INC the sun
shone, though ii was not The only
plessant surprise he gave. In our
course stretched a big glacier running
toward tle south Al its eastern end
was the mountain range going in a
southeastellN direction. OF the western
part of il no view was to be had, if be-
ing hidden in dense fog.
At the foot of this glacier, the
Devils Glacier a depot for six days
IS established; at Sc degrees south
.titude the h~ypsometer indicated 5000
ieet above sea level. On November 30
We began to climb the glacier: the
lower part of it vas very much brok-
an and dangerous. Moreover, the SNOW
bridges very often burst. From our
camp that night we had a splendid
view Owe the mountain to the east.
There was "lielmer Hansen's summit"
the most remarkable of them all. 1t
was 1000 feet high and covered with
such broken glaciers that in all PROB
ability no foothold WAS to be found.
Oscar Wistinss. "Sver llassels." aud
'Olay lljanlands" inountains also lay
here beautifully illuminated in the
rays OF the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternately
to be viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time Mount Nielsen"