Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-04-12

At the end Of the month, telephone
communication was established with
bare wire. This telephone has already
proved extremely useful for reporting
the number parties, pending changes
ana Forde travelled is to Corner Camp to
rebuild cairns They experienced tenn:
peratures between minus so and 20, and
Forbes hands were badly frost-bitten
Bo s e e simpsen ana PeetS omceq
ascending Ferrar. Glacier: We found
ice stream had moved thirty feet in
seven months Later, forty-five miles
northwest of our stations. we found
March w aS shs Forge DEPOT lsfs BY
:. Owing to work at the station and
the need Of increasing exercise for the
take further spring journeys. The
western geological party. consisting OF
Taylor. Debenham, Gran and Forde,
in few days for Granite Harbor.
All plans and preparations for the
southern journey are now complete and
have great hope Of success. The neces-
sity Of getting the utmost out OF our
remaining ponies has decided me not
therefore start later than originally in
tended.
Lieutenant eSneI . Evans. Bay: Lashlsy; and
motor sledges, dragging fuel and for
age: The motors experienced unex.
pected difficulty on sea ice where It
but were last seen going well on the
surface of the barrier beyond the base
camp Of last season. They. have, there
traetio pAG beyon md e aaestion: The pony
party, consisting Of myself with Will
SON. Oats. Bowers, Cherry. Garrard,
WIZ mr Start aSons
Independently of the success of the
motors. ponies will be worked with
light loads in easy ;asd MARCHES to Corner
to One-Ton Camp and with such pres
sure as necessary thereafter. Dog
By these means we hope to get thirty
units Of food to the foot Of Beardmore
Glacier, a unit being weeks provi-
divisions d t Of four ei men and and twenty-one
units of provisions, hope to extend
the. advance to the required distance
ponies one Is unreliable and one doubt
full, the remainder being in very fine
form Officers and men are in splSsn
Owing to my decision to postpone
there is an obvious chance thai, the
most advanced southerly party VII! be
unable to catch the Terra Nova before
she Is forced to quit the Sound. I'm
der these conditions, having regard to
important scientific work done and Ia
have decided to maintain the station
for a second year. The majority OF
the shore party will probably remain,
but details upon the date on
home news, and the extent of fresh
transport provided. I shall greatly re-
greet the departure OF any member, as
Pointing probably returns with e
large batch Of Photographic material
t. w q ssSona swing mga sa
the Photographic results OF the ex, *,
petition are remarkable record OF
sct nHie work Of the expedition have
tirety. .
night and rest during the day to give
the ponies the bsnet r Of %aGsme cor nay
lamp ssis morning. Ms TsaSeing south
for sixty miles we followed the tracks
OF the motors. then found the ma
ess dhs psddy RsH
reached one-Ton camp on the morn.
ing Of the 18th: The dog teams ANS NAG
the whole party proceeded In company:
A days rest was given the animals az
One-Ton Camp. which We LETT on a,s she
Of the loads, the heavy surfaces and
limited number Of animals. I decided
to march fifteen miles only every night;
This nhfs ana has so far as Me
foresee It should be continued; The
ponies are going very steadily and
keeping condition bsan shn} for ex
pediency but could have Travelled fur.
Their. The animals have ten pounds OF
oats and three pounds of oil cake
mems food supply to the Glacier, ac-
cording to program. without great diff
ficulty. but should be a day or two
We found the motor party waiting
at latitude S0h. Two Of their number
now leave us. The sole cause of the
abandoning Of the mofoT was the ZINE T,me
did not permit of the defects being
taken in hand. The system Of propul-
sion OF the motors proved entirely sat.
rier service and crossed several crew
ICES Considering bsen
With the experience now gained a re-
liable tractor could be constructed that
would travel anywhere in this region
and save the SacrluCe OIL dHlMaiS. We
are building snow cairns at intervals
Of four miles to guide the homewara
parties and leaving weeks provision
at every degree of latitude to the Bar.
rier. The surface was extremely pad
and trying to the ponies up TO one
Ton Camp, but has been comparatively
good since. The greater number OF the
ponies have been dragging over o'o
December 10. latitude ss degrees Is
minutes: After the return OF the mo-
tor party from latitude 81 degrees 70
minutes we, pushed steadiiy i s9udn'
A second pony was destroyed at lati::
tuda SO degrees 10 minutes a third
at latitude SO degrees As minutes. and
two more at the SD parallel. None
Of these animals were exhausted Dut
were sacrificed to tighten loads and
give food for dogs. AS we proceeded a
were frequent, the sky continually
overcast and land very rarely visible.
Under these circumstances 1t was most
difficult to keep a straight course and
maintain steady marcnes me rb po ess
ceiient condition they retained under
severe work I attribute entirely to
fhe management Of Captain Oats.
In spite Of delays we. reached lati-
tude IS degrees "a minutes within
/. We Could have reached the GLACIER
but for the Intervention of q south
erly gale which lasted four days. dur
ing which we. did not sight land, Al
though only a few. miles away. the
wind was very vioie en- az "a, Iim and va q
had continually to dig out ponies and
tents. The temperature rose to plus
8, the snow melting on our equipment