Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-05

already cost us five days. It's effects
may yet delay US further when WouIu
thing has worked as planned. we
hope to find better conditions as we
advance up the glacier; We are nece ,sa
the season thus far has been very un-
: Dec. Il, Latitude IS Degrees Min.
utes South, Longitude 1913 Degrees
Minutes East, Height About $500 Feetf
Mount Darwin.-Largely- as result
patch, the lower reaches of the glacier
were filled with terribly soft snow.
Men on foot sank to the knee at each
possible to advance had we not pulled
on skis. AS it was the runner sur
face Of the sledges proved inadequate.
They frequently sank to crossbars, re-
curing to be extracted with standing
pulls. For four days we struggled in
this morass, scarcely advancing hve
twelve hours. 1t is difficult to pitch
camp and load sledges on such sur
face. On the fifth day the surface
5e bush ONE on still IfI puing ON Me skis We
did not come abreast Of Cloudbreaker
mountain until the 9TH, SO that the
Since the 10th we have been able
to make very good marches, working
up from thirteen to twentythree stat
aIlel with eight men and twelve units
of provisions, but 1 hoped to reserve
program and should have a good
chance of getting through. The wea tn
er continues unsatisfactory. We had
to march without sight of land on
occasions. We are getting internit.
tent fog. in this most, crevfced part Of
the glacier. Everybody is in the best
1t has been most difficult to select
J the returning party of four who car
t tntes to our pper g 9a depo
plete depots have been established on
the homeward route. The track of the
cairns The members going forward
are Scott, Lieut.. Evans, Wilson, Bow
! ers. Oats, Lashley, Petty Officer Evans
Jan. 8, 1912, Latitude 81 Minutes, %
! Degrees, Height $500 Feet.-After
leaying the upper GLACIER depot Dot SOU s0utn !
of Mount Darwin a | steered so ,1i o,ea i
of pressure ridges and crevices which
i occurred frequently at first and gave
us trouble. but we rose rapidly IN a.
were more snow covered than turthe:r
eastward. The advantage of this
course was mainly felt on the third
| altitude, we got a splendid view of
distribution of land masses .fringing
, the ice sheet and the arm of ice falls.
|
have averaged over fifteen statute
miles day. On Christmas day we
were close up to the S6th parallel and
the prospect of Christmas fare gave
US an excellent march, seventeen miles,
but the effort was not so hard the
| following day. The surface grew more
parallel. On New Years eve in lati-
tude So degrees Sc minutes we depos-
tied there a unit procession, and re-
| built our sledges with new short run
| w T. a
| was performed by the seaman of the
party under adverse conditions. Al
| though it cost us nearly a days march,
| the change amply repaid us. We have
| been able to keep up our average ana
we are now within $50 miles of the
| Pole
of five men. Sending three back under
Lieut.. Evans. The names and descrip-
tions Of the adyanGe par party are Re Cap Capt
dragons. in charge of the ponies and
mules; Lieut., Bowers Royal ln az
ficer Evans, r. H., in charge of sledges
The advance guard goes forward
the weather holds and no unforeseen
obstacles arise. 1t has been very diff
everyone was fit and able to go for
| ward. Those who return are natural
~ much disappointed. Everyone mas
| worked his hardest. The weather on
the plateau has been good as whole.
| The sun has never deserted US, but
| the temperatures are low now, about
minus 20 degrees, and the wind pretty
| constant; however, we are eXcellently
equipped for such conditions and the
wind undoubtedly improves the sur
face and so far has worked out very
| satisfactorily. 1t is more than prob
| able that no further news will be re-
| ceived from us this year Our return
| must necessarily be late.
| (Signed) Robert F. Scott
| Lieut.. Pencil expressed the utmost
| confidence in the ultimate success of
Capt. Scott and his party and declared
| that the scientific work being per-
| formed by the expedition was of an
| extremely valuable character. In ad-
dition to the southern party, the Terra
Nova was compelled owing to the bad
ice conditions, to leave behind Lieut.
Campbells party, who were landed at
| Dryga1sky Barrier and thence sledged
into the interior. Both parties. how
ever were fully prepared for this en-
| Urgency, says the commander Of the
| Terra Nova, and no alarm need be
felt for their safety. The two geolog-
ical expeditions of the west coast have
produced good results coal and fossils
4 which latter had not been discovered
| before being found. The health of the
| members of the expedition is excel
| lent, the only exception being Capt
| Evans. who is convalescing from sour
vey. The Terra Nova returns south in
November next. ......