Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-04-25

t0n1snment could be read IN tneif
faces. When at last we had succeeded
with another dose of the whip in max:
ing them understand that we really
asked them to work. instead Of doing
as they were told they few at each
other in q furnious scrimmage.
"Heaven help me! What work we
had with those eight dogs that day!
If it was going to zoe like this on the
way to the Pole calculated in the
midst of the tumult that it would take
exactly year to get there. without
counting the return journey
On April 10 the party saw the sun
go down below the horizan. It was in
tensely red and surrounded by sea
of fame. which did not disappear al
together until the 21st. rs Solar Ma
jesty was absent then until August "a.
but on his arrival he found the ex-
plorers in perfect health. They had
been comfortably established in their
winter quarters. called Framheim af.
ter their good ship, Fran, and were
quite ready for what lay ahead. Be-
sides their hut. the men had q circle
of shops, store rooms and other build
ings, dug out of the Barrier, so that
one could 60 the rounds without com
ing out into the open air. Here they
passed a season which by the book,
must have been far from lonely or
melancholy.
The start for the pole was delayed
while tic spring wore on, but the final
dash "At last we got away, on Octob
er 10. The weather for the. past few
days had not been altogether too re-
liable; now windy now calm; now
showing, now clear-regular spring
weather, in other words. That day it
continued unsettled; it was misty and
thick in the morning, and did no,
promise well for the day, but by: $3.50
there was light breeze from the, east
and at the same time it cleared...,
~"There were five Of us-Hanssen
Visiting, Easel, Bjooland and myself
We had -four. sledges with Thirteen
dogs to each. At the start our sledge'
We're very light. as we were only tax
ing supplies for the trip to 80 degree
g., where all our cases were waiting
for us; we could therefore sit on tn
sledges and. flourish our whips Will
1 . jaunty: air. I. sat astride on .Wist
ing's sledge and any one who .sha'
seen us would no doubt have though
/ q polar journey looked very inviting
December Z was a red.letter day
Our captain was thinking. of man!
things and went preoccupied on hi
skis, he being then. "forerunner
for the party.
7 "Then suddenly I was reused from
my dreaming by a iubilant shout, fol
lowed by ringing cheers. L., turne'
quickly to discover the reason for thi
unwonted occurrence and stoo'
speeches. and overcome. 80
"I find it impossible to express, tn
>, feelings that possessed me at this mo
ment. All the sledges had stopped
and from the foremost of them til
Norwegian flag was flying. It shoe
itself out, waved and tapped so tina
the silk rustled. It loked wonderful
ly well in the pure, clear air and tn
shining surroundings. Eighty eight de
grees twenty three minutes was pas
We were father south than any humal
being had been.
! When at last the ultimate pola
point was reached. a little tent wa
set up to mark the place and to carr!
the flag. Says ourscaptain:
"In ide the tent in little bag,
left q letter. addressed to 81. n tn
King, giving infoN nation Of what W
had accomplished. The way home wa
a long one. and 50 many things nigh
happen to make It impossible for ii
to give an account Of our expedition
Besides this letter. wrote short
epistle to Captain Scott, who, I pre-
sumed, would be the first to find tn
tent. Other things we left there wer,
a soxtant with a glass horizon. a ny
someter case, three reindeer akin foo
bags. some kamiks and mitts.
"When everything had been laid IN
side, We went into the tent one b,
one, to wrote our names on . table,
We had fastened to the tent pole. o.
this occasion we received the con
gratulations Of our companions on thu