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

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Captain Road Amundson, who will
lecture on the discovery Of the South
Pole in this city this evening, at the
Grand Opera house give very graphic
account of his last dash for the pole
in his two volume story just of the
press. The pole was reached on De-
cember IA. 1911. The story Of the
last march is thus told.
On January IA. 1911. a day earlier
than they had expected, the voyagers
arrived at the Ross Barrier. whore
their troubles wee supposed to be-
gin. -.
The Mystic Barrier.
.'The Mystic Barrierl All accounts
without exception from the days Of
Ross to the present time had spoken
Of this remarkable natural formation
with apprehensive awe. It was as
though one could always read between
the lines the same sentence. Hush. be
quietl The Mystic Barrier 80. %'f'
zone. two, three. and a little jump,
and the Barrier was surmounted. We
looked at each other and smiled; prob
ably the, same thought was in the
minds of all Of us. The monster had
begun to Jose something Of its force;
the incomprehensible was becoming
quite easy to understand. ,...''..-'
"without striking = blow, W had
entered into the kingdom. The Bar.
rier was at this spot about twenty feet
high and the junction between it and
the sea ice was completely filed up
with driven snow. so that the ascent
took the form Of. a little gentle slope"
In cleft in the Barrier with solid
filled in bottom. an ideal site was
found for the dog camp, and a basin
further on offered every advantage for
the setting up Of the hut and the e..
tablishment Of the winter home.
"There was teeming life on the Ice.
Wherever we turned we saw great
herds of seal-Weddells and crab.
eaters. The great sea-leopard which
We had seen occasionally on the foes,
was not to be found here. During our
whole stay IN the Bay Of Wales we
lid not 500 a single specimen Of It.
Nor did we ever see the Ross seal.
Penguins had not shown themselves
particularly often, only few here and
there; but We appreciated them all
the more. The few No saw were a.
most all Adele penguins. While We
were at work making the ship fast,
= flock Of them suddenly shot up ont
Of the water, and onto the ice. They
looked about them in surprise for q
moment, men and ships do not come
their way every day. But It seemed
as If their astonishment soon gave way
to desire to SO what was happen
ing"
About this time there was good
deal of laughter in the party. It came
heartily when the first sledge expedi-
ton set out over the Barrier. Captain
Amundson leading the way. Says the
author:
Triumph Fades.
"With flourish and q crack Of the
whip We set of. 7 glanced at the ship.
Yes, as I thought, all our comrades
were standing in row, admitting the
fine start. I am not quite sure that l
did not hold my head rather high and
look around with certain air Of tri-
umph. If I did 30 It was foolish Of
me. I ought to have waited; the de.
feat would have been easier to bear.
For defeat it was. and a signal one.
"The dogs had spent half a year in
lying about and eating and drinking.
and had got the impression that they
would never have anything else to do.
Not one Of them appeared to under
stand that new era Of toll had be.
gun. After moving forward few
yards, they al sat down, as though
at word Of command. and stared at
each other. The most undisguised as