Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-10
HIS SHIP REPORTS FATE
TO NEW ZEALAND PORT
Fifty or More Scientists and Sailors
Believed to Be Lost.
PEARY AND OTHERS STUNNED
National Geographic Society Officers
Here Recall Amundsen Said
Scott Blazed Way for
Him.

OAMARU, New Zealand, Feb
ruary Io.-Capt. Robert F. Scott
and his party were overwhelmed
by a blizzard on their return
Journey from the south pole.
The entire party perished.
They reached the south pole on
the 18th OF January, 1912.
Capt. SCOTS party reached the
exact point where Roald Amund-
sen planted the Norwegian flag
at the south pole.
They found there the hut
constructed and left behind BY
-Amundsens party.
These facts were recorded in
the documents found on the dead
explorers bodies when they were
recovered.
The total number OF deaths in
volved in the calamity is not ex-
actly known, but it is believed
that fifty or more scientists and
sailors lost their lives.
The news of the appalling dis
aster was brought to this port
by a signaled message from the
Terra Nova, the vessel which had
carried the explorer and his ex-
pedition to the Antarctic, and
which, late last year, went once
again to the south to bring him
and his companions back.
The Terra Nova is proceeding
to the port of Lyttleton, where
she is expected to arrive Thurs
day.
His Return Was Doubted in London.
LONDON, February 1O.-The Terra
Nova sailed on June 1, 1910. for New
Zea.and and the south pole. The expe-
dition consisted Of twenty-eight officers
and scientists in addition to crew Of
twenty-three picked men from the Brit
ism royal navy.
Reports We're current at the time the
Terr;, Nova sailed for the Antarctic. on
December Il 1912, to bring back the
Scott party that some OF the members
of the relief expedition had expressed
grave doubts to whether Capt. Scott
and his fellow-explorers would ever re-
turn No reason was given for these
doubts. bat they were freely bruited
abroad
Mrs Scott left London five weeks ago
by way of America for New Zealand to
meet her husband there
Last Word From Scott.
The last direct word received from
Capt. Scott himself was brought by the
commander of the Terra Nova from the
south ice regions when she returned to
Aksroa. New Zealand March 81, last
year. The brief message was in Capt.
Scotts own handwriting, and said:
II am remaining in the Antarctic for
another winter in order to continue and
complete my work"
back report to his base at McMurdo
sound showing that January !, 1912, Z
had reached a point 15O miles from the
pole and was advancing toward his des-
tination.
The dispatch from Oamaru, N H.. this
morning shows that In fifteen days he
covered the remaining 40 miles, having
travelled at the rate OF ten miles a day.
One Month After Amundsen.
The date OF Capt. Scott's attainment of
the south pole. January 1S. 1872 shows
that he reached the goal of his expedition
almost exactly one month after Capt
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explor-
81. Capt Amundsen's report sent to King
Haakon of Norway read:
Pole attained 14th-11th December 1911
al WE'LL
The report of Capt Scott was destined
not TO be received by the waiting world
until after his death. No details had
come to hand this morning as to how the
records of Capt. Scott were found, but
that he arrived at the pole On the date
mentioned was said 10 be definitely
Known
Capt Scotts main travelling party
was TO consist of sixteen men besides
nlnseif. while groups of four men each
Were 10 return. at different stages of
the journey. leaving Scott and four
others 10 complete he final dash to
the pole This would indicate that
some of the members OF the party who
lad been left at the various bases were
not included among the victims of the
disaster. and hat 1t was they who
communicated to the world the fate of
ha