The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-04-11

HE SSGu Will EldSScS ypOulCS dUClIC On
set off Immediately to the west. work
ing around the bay. we approached the
f eaarias eH!sss r It the 8 p n,s m 8 g p sg9S
on a pack which had been drifting
slowly northwest and had temporarily
Ppe owing to swell subsiding.
cued with difficulty.
s,, Mori65i1g 9 on through the night We
t fheiHee loads IN bu lav eoald 'e DO S neshing d for
the ponies, which were only thirty
yards away: At 4 g: M. the pack be-
ponies with fun nose bass and rested
stationary. We made desperate efforts
a long detour over the sA pack Gs's and led
the animals over many jumps. while
the remainder, of us dug a trench to
The edges es'e Of - the sae foes eesr'e Were high
above water and very uneven. Killer
whales hung about within a few yards.
IRE irnetr Ren5fl ,fpi dHt' o st the ponJ JUMP gnPy y Woa
through. The pack was moving again
as we left it and drifted clear to. the
mort 80 On March ! we ascended hills
the party. with the two remaining
ponies, and the dog teams was safely
housed at hut Point. By this incident
This was a sever blow to the expedi-
ton, but not enough to wreck its plans
II tne remaining animals could be pre-
h heavy swell which caused this
Of sea sea ice, large fragments from the
tongue, a feature which had remained
otherwise unchanged since discovery
in 1902. The hut was found almost
windows broken and the door unhinged.
With much labor we cleared and re-
paired it.: It then afforded good shell
ter brce WHILE nj forced to wait for the sea
to a very primitive life. With old tins
discarded fragments of metal we
a%9ast reSeea, an n,e excellent 1sn1 blubbe w. stq eve
almost entirely on seal meat. Seals
could only be obtained at a distance
over hills and We're sometimes scarce,
thanks to the ingenuity shown by my
companions in ~improvising arrange
ments with the slenderest resources.
comfortable and enjoyed the luxury of
a box of old magazines.
ON March Is; the Western Geological
sixteen persons. This party had spent
six weeks, making a close survey Of
the dry valley, lower ferrar. and
Ing an important part Of our plan for
Preparing for the Winter.
a o nar Mar ta d %; Lieutenant tsmnl Eya1s LED led
the depot arrangements for the coming
season. The temperature at the barrier
had already fallen to minus 40 degrees.
Throughout the month ice continually
formed over the sea but strong winds
the ice remained fast in the sheltered
sound. Huge land-ice falls on the
southwest slopes Of Mount Erebus pre-
vented any possibility Of returning to
freezing of the hay I decided TO make
an attempt to reach the station, partly
by land and partly by sea ice.
April II; and, although caughs ~ a
Evans early on the 18th: We found
the station. which had been left in
and arrangements for comfort remark
ably perfect. Numerous self-recording
ali rscor6s w mp5 in f. du aat swing &, and
news was good except the loss Of one
OF the nine remaining ponies and one
dog: During our absence there had
two months being twenty-four miles
per hour. For nineteen per cen of
the whole time. the wind had been
pointed to an exceptionally severe sea-
son.
On April II I returned to Hut Point
Slies q and 5dss ]sfo Ttsase AS Patty It vas sarf impass saRe
for animals to travel on the route TAX
en-: ] LETT Mears and five others in
rcturned l., ,'' Cape ae 1 Evans ro' on a Apr Isa 80.
Sea ice continued to drive out of the
Sound until the first week in May. It
was not until May 10, three weeks aft
er the sun had gone that the men and
animals left Fut Point and safely re-
turned to the main station. The Sound
floze solid in May and later in winter
distance northward. After the return
OF abSentees we settled down very COM
fortably in our winter hut, it's arrange
ments for lighting. heating, cooking
and ventilation proved eminently sat-
isfactory. A comfortable stable had
been built for the ponies and some
ing the four winter months.
me temperature at the station was
rarely. below minus 40 degrees. at low
a ared m5 53fqse5 so m desree as b The wind Hl1t aver aver
times blew hard with the temperature
minus 30 degrees. Everyone was very
fully occupied with station and scien-
series OF lectures was organized n
football was played to within a month
1 OF mid Nv ra Frequent visits were
dition. On June 81. middle winter,
Wilson Bowers. Cherry and Gerard
Crozier to observe the Incubation Of
Emperor Penguins at their rookery.
Very heavy surface on the barrier
1niSSu ~ party - ieldy WoIh curing
taken on the outward journey. The
temperature was seldom above minus
GO degrees and often below minus 10
degrees. the lowest observed with a
sling Thermometer being minus II de-
grees. Behind a land ridge on the
slopes of Mount Terror the party spent
which they rooted with canvas from
Guilty in crossing the huge barrier pres
sure ridges in the dim noon twilight
to reach the rookery. They were sue
cessful at a second attempt. They
found comparatively few birds at the
aq'a very put bu3t these had began to lay
some eggs at different stages of de-
velopment We're secured which should
give considerable information concern
ing the embryology Of this interesting
bird.
The same night a violent gale COM
Inate shelter from the hurricane gusts
which whirled down IN the hut. A
tent and other carefully secured ar
ticles were blown away, and after
straininS for fourteen hours the roof
of the hut flew to ibbons. For thirty
hours more the travellers were confined
in Their frozen sleeping beds, half
Fort,y-eight hours elapsed before the
wind decreased, and they were able to
get a meal. Searching for lost articles
they We're fortunate in finding the
missing tent between some morainic
boulders, practically uninjured. The
them to urn homeward: On the return
by another storm after which the tenn
perature fell and remained below minus