The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-04-11

have bsen working. The storm r.,a nag
already y+ cost Sa,a us hye Gays which Would
thing has worked as plI !;nns .. We We
&c up "a The ee slscer
sariiy dependent on the weather and
the season thus far has been very un-
Seo IT. II LATITUDE s. p }sg srre Nm
Fonr M has 5 HsiSh Ahrty Wes
q TIE storm reported in ny last dis.
were filled with terribly soft snow:
Men on foot sank to the knee at each
step, 1t would have been quite im M
On skis: As II was the runner sur
face Of the slesdges proved inadeauate.
aS g be %f ssanans
pulls. For four days we struggled in
this t',s. morass sscaarcely adya,ncina tivs
twelve hours It. is difacult to pitch
The Sasa t az, day the ssr5a Sis
sd p@ee con- s' g sn
snoW eos until us t Mseks sh chat the
Since the 10th we have been able
to ro gfr g09 20 sa
ranged 70 push on from the s5th par
alle1 with eight men and twelve units
are s only half days s. food d short short on on
s sna ghG Sraur have be weg 9Sd
to march Without sight Of land on
fsns fog in this a mest part Of
the glacier. Everybody is in the best
of health and spirits.
ries this note Our position consti-
tqtes our our upper glacier depot Com NJ
barrier Is, we'll marked with snow,
eairns The members g1inig
ers; Oats. Lashley, Petty officer Evans
Dss4ses H:g 5ettss 1880 81 %autez e
leaving the upper glacier depot. south
Of Mount ;d ste san
Of pressure li ridges and crevices which
occurred frequently at first and gave
rs trouble but we rose fapidy IN all
were more smoW Covered tha fuher
eastward, The advantage of this
course , was mainly felt on the third
distribution e Of FL land masses fr rnM
the Ice sheet and the arm Of ice falls.
miles q day: On Christmas DAY We
yer. were close up to the seth parallel and
us an excellent march, seventeen miles.
but the effort was not so hard the
fo31HoWing day The surface grey @ more at
parallel On New. Years eve in lati-
tude Sc degrees Sc minutes we depos-
tied there a unit procession and re-
ners, which remarkable piece of work
was performed by the seaman OF the
party under adverse conditions. AL
the change amply repaid us. We have
been able to keep up our average and
Pole. A0" "'''''' NV ''''' '''N
L am going forward with party
Of five men. sending three back under
tions of the advance party are: Capt,
Scott, r. N; DR.. Wilson, S. c.; scien1
tc sta Capt o % tne 1nnGkn9
marine. commissary officer Petty or
ticer Eyans r. H. in charge OF sledses
with the %ons gHsSa eesS and
the Weather holds s1 and no unforeseenn
obstacles arise. It has been very diff
ficult to choose the advance party, as
ward. Those who return are natural
worked his hardest. The weather ON
the plateau has been good as. a 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 r. Scott.
| Lieut.. Pennell 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 eype- .tion was of an
| extremely valuable character. In adj
dition to the southern party, the Terra
| Nova was compelled, owing to the bad
| ice conditions, to leave behind Lieut..
! Campbel's party, who We're landed at
| Drygalsky Barrier and thence sledged
into the interior. Both parties. how-
ever. were fully prepared for this ems
| ergency, 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
which latter had not been discovered
before being found. The health of tho
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.