River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-13
WERE OVERCOME BY BLIZZARD
ON WAY BACK FROM FOOT
OF THE WoRLD-oNE
KILLED EY A FALL.
RELIEF STEAMER BRINGS
NEWS OF THE DISASTER
King George and the Roysi Geosraphi-
cal Society Mourn Loss
Reached Pole Jan. 1S,
1912, Month After
Amundsen.

London, Feb. 12-At a meeting of
the Royal Geographical society last
night announcement was made Of the
disaster which has overtaken Capt.
Robert F. SCOTS Antarctic expedition,
resulting in the death OF Captain
Scott, DR.. e. A. Wilson, Lieut.. H. e.
Bowers, Capt. L. E. G. Oates and Pet
ty Officer e. Evans.
Found Amundsen Records.
"Capta8 SCOTS party" said Doug
las w. Freshfield, vice president of the
society, in making the announcement,
found Capt Raold Amundsen's tents
and records at the South pole.
"On the return trip, about March
90, 1912, IL miles from One Ton De-
pot, a blizzard overwhelmed them.
They had suffered greatly from hunger
and exposure, from which the death
of Scott, Bowers and Wilson virtually
was due. They died soon after the
blizzard swept down on the party.
How They Died.
Coates died from exposure few
days later. The death of Evans result
ed from a fall. The other members of
the expedition are reported to be in
good health A searching party discOv
cred their bodies and records some
time later"
A searching expedition recovered
the bodies and records of the party.
King George Grieves.
A message of sympathy to the geo
graphical society from the king was
read last evening in which his ma
jesty said:
II am deeply grieved to hear the
very bad news you give me of the loss
of Captain Scott and four of his party.
just when we were hoping shortly to
welcome them home on their return
from the great and arduous under
taking. heartily sympathize with the
Royal Geographical society in the loss
to science and discovery through the
death of these gallant explorers
The message from the king was in
reply to note transmitted to his mai
esty by Lord Curzen of Kedleston,
president of the society.
The regular program of the meeting
was abandoned and members of the
society listened sadly to tributes to the
explorers. After giving what details
he had received, Vice President Fresh
field reviewed the plans of the expedi-
ton.
Reached Goal Jan. 13.
They reached their goal Jan. IS,
1912, about month after Captain
Raold Amundsen, the Norwegian, had
planted the flag OF his country there
They then turned back toward the
base they had formed on their out
ward journey, but were overwhelmed
by blizzard.
The news Of the death OF the ex-
plorers was brought to civilization b.
the captain of the Terra Nova, the
vessel which had taken Scott's expedl
ton to the south and which had gone
again to fetch them back after the &C
complishment of their task. A search
ing expedition recovered the bodies
and records of the party.
Only a few brief bulletins were sent
from the New Zealand port of Oamaru
by the captain Of the Terra Nova, who
related simply the fate of the party
and then proceeded with his vessel
for the port of Lyttleton, where he
should arrive Thursday.
Gloom Over London.
The news of the disaster cast a
gloom over London which has been
unequalled since the death of King
Edward
The Terra Nova sailed on June J.,
1910, for New Zealand and the south
pole. 1t was joined by Captain Robert
F. Scott a few days later at Cardiff.
The expedition consisted of twenty
two officers and scientists in addition
TO a crew of twenty-three picked men
from the British royal navy.
The date of Captain SCOTS attain
ment of the south pole, Jan. Is, 1912,
shows that he reached the goal of his
expedition almost exactly one month
after Captain Roald Amundsen, the
Norwegian explorer. Captain Amund-
sens report sent to King Haakon of
Norway read:
Pole attained 14th-l7th December,
1911. All WE'LL
News of Success After Death.
The report of Captain Scott was