The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
AMUNDSEN'S
STORY OF TRIP
TO SOUTH POLE
Norwegian Explorer Relates His
Experiences During voy-
age Of Discovery.
REACHED HIS GOAL DEC. IA
Remained at southernmost Point
Three Days Taking Series Of
Observations.
REACHED HIS GOAL DEC. "A
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Hobart, Tasmania, March 8, 1920
q. Non the 10th of February, 1911,
we commenced to work our way to-
ward the south, from that day to the
18th of April establishing three de-
pots, which in all contained guam
tity of provisions of about 5000 kilos.
The ground and the state Of the
barrier were of the best, especially
we'll adapted to driving with dogs. On
Feb. IL we had thus travelled about
100 kilometers. On the 4th Of March,
on our return from the first trip be-
ginning on the 18th of February, we
found out that the Fran had already
left us. With pride and delight we
heard that her smart captain had sue
eeeded in sailing her further south
and there hosting the colors of his
country, glorious moment for him
and his comrades, the furthest north
and the furthest south, good old Fran.
The highest latitude attained was 70
degrees Al minutes.
Before the arrival of winter we had
5000 kilos of seal meat in the depots,
enough for ourselves and 10 dogs.
Eight dog houses, combination of
tents and snow huts, were built.
The sun left us on the 22nd of April
and did not return until four months
later. The winter was spent in chang
ing our whole outfit, which on the de-
pot trips was found to be too clumsy
and solid for the smooth surface of
the barrier. Besides this az much
scientific work as possible was done
and some astonishing meteorological
observations were taken.
FIRST START FOR THE POLE.
On Sept, 8 eight men, with seven
Giedges, ninety dogs and provisions
for four months started The
ground was perfect. The temperature
was not bad. The next day it ap-
peared that we had started too early,
a. the temperature of the following
days fell and was kept steady between
minus 80 and 60 celsius (58 degrees
and rs degrees) below zero Fahren-
heit. We agreed on returning and to
wait for the arrival Of spring. The
provision were cached and we re-
turned to the hut. About the middle
Of October spring came in earnest.
On Oct. 20 the exploring party start
Cd; five men, four sledges, fifty-two
dogs and provisions for four months;
everything in excellent order.
We had made up our minds to take
the first part Of the trip as easily as
possible, in order to give ourselves
and the dogs a rational training and
on the 33rd we made our depot in 80
degrees south. We went right ahead
In spite of the dense fog On the 31st
We reached the depot at 81 degrees
and stopped there one day.
We reached the depot at 81 degrees
On the 9th of November. On the 18th
we made the interesting discovery that
the Ross barrier terminated in a blight
toward the southeast at SO degrees
south latitude and 1853 degrees west
longitude formed between the south
east mountain range running from
South Victoria Land and a range on
the opposite side running in a south
easterly direction.
On the 18th We reached "a degrees,
where we established a depot, On the
10th we we're at IS degrees, where,
also, we made q depot. On the 18th
Of November, at So degrees, we ar
rived ut a place where the land and
barrier were connected.
Here we made our head depot, TAX
ing provisions for sixty days on
sledses and leaving thirty days pro-
visions on the spot.
A DIFFICULT CLIMB.
The land under which We lay and
which we now had to attack looked
quite imposing. The nearest submits
along the barrier had height from
5000 to 10000 feet, but several 9TH
srs further south were $4,000 feet or
more. The next day we began the
climb.
The first day we climbed 1000 feet;
the next day mostly up some small
glaciers, camping at height of $500
feet. The third day we were obliged
to 90 down on mighty glacier, "Axel
Heiberg's glacier" which divided the
coast mountains and the mountains
further south.
It took only four days from the
barrier to get up on the vast inland
plateau. We camped that night at a
height of 10000 feet. Here We had to
kill twenty-four of our brave compan-
ions and keep eighteen, six for each
Of our three sledges. We stopped
here four days on account OF bad
weather Tired Of this we set out on
the 25th of November. We contin-
ued our march the next day In a
gale and dense snow drift and got
cur faces badly frozen. We could see
nothing. We reached that day So dc.