Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-10
English Explorer and Sixty
six Companions Caught By
Blizzard After Reaching the
South Pole.
MANY PROMINENT
SCIENTISTS LOST
Bodies Of Victims Found ny
Crew of Steamer Going Out
to Bring Them in; McagFs
Details Available.

4 N~~~"W"Ne
Try LEASED Wlrs % Esemfna meRnla.l
London. Feb. io.--News reached
the world today that Captain Robert
" scott. the Antarctic explorer ana
nn unknown number of hiN compass
ions. perished In the Antarctic whila
on their return journey from thA
south pole.
They reached their roaf on 1anu-
AIRY Is. 1919, about a month amer
Captain Road Amundsen. the Norwc-
glan had planted the flag Of hls
country there They fhen tuFned
hack toward the hnsea they formed
on their outward Journey. hut were
oNeriaken. overwhelmed aud destroy.
ed by q blizzard.
News of the death of the explorers
was brought 10 civilization TO-DAY bs
the captain Of the Terra Nova. thn
vessel which had taken acott's exuo-
dition "a the south and which hnd
gone 10 fetch them hack after tue
accomplishment 0f their task.
searching expedition recovered
the bodies and records oe the party.
only few bFlef hmlletlna wefe
sent today from the New Zealand
port % oamaru hy fhe capfnin ~ Che
fcrra Nova. who related aimnly the
fate Of the party and then prooead.
81 with Ms veeHel for lhn pofi az liz
Teton who're he sboAld arrive Thur
day.
The disaster came az an utter sur
prise to i.ondon and east a gloom ov-
er the community which has heen un.
eanalled since the death of king I'd.
ward
Il ~ belicyod here thar the dlsasler
did not involve an of the scott marty
of SO. but probably only Scott him
self and the four others selected hy
him for the final dash to the pole.
These mr. supposed to be Dr. y. A.
Wilson. chief OF the scientific staff
capt. l.. T.. q. Oates. 0f the Inniakll-
Ten dragons; LIEUT.. n. Bowers. of
the Royal Indian marine; the com
miSsarint officer nnd petty officer, r..
w. Evans. Of the British Royal navy.
History oG tho flFated Expedition.
London. Feb le--The Terra Nova
sailed on June 10. 1910. for New
Zealand and the south pole. II was
Joined by Captain Roht. Scott a few
days later az Cnrdlff.
The expedition consisted OF twen-
weight officers aad sciontiats Ia ad.
ditlon To- q crew 81 twenty-three piciss
20 men from the British Royal navy.
reports We're current al the tltne
IN" Terra Nova sailed for the Antarc-
t'r on December ~. 1919. 20 brlng
ha'k the scott party, that some of
W" members ~ the relief expedition
hnd expressed grave doubts us %
whether captain Scott and hts fellow
explorers woaid ever return. No
renson was given for these deul,ts
nut they were freely bFuited abroad.
AIRS. Scott left London five week
ESQ Tor New Zealand 10 meet her
husband there
The last direct word received from
captain Scott himself was brought hy
the commander ef the Terra Nova
from the southoru ice regions when
she returned Ia Akaroa. New zealand
on March 81, last year The hrlef
message was In Captain ScOtt's own
handwriting and said:
II am remaining In the Antarctic
for another winter 20 continue aud
rompieie my work"
Captain Scott had shortly before
sent back "a report Co his base az Nc.
Murdo sound showing that on Jan.
uary =, rae. he had reached a point
$50 miles from the pole and was adj
vaucing towards his destination.
The dispatch from Oamurn. New
Zealand. this mopnlng shows that m
tilven DAYS he covered the reFnalnlng
1870 miles, having travelled az the rate
nf ten miles q day
u was on his return that he ana
his party were overwhelmed BY one of
the terrific hlizzagds 20 prevaient IN
the Anterciic region.
The date of Captain ac0tt's attaia.
menl Of the south pole. January Is.
1919 shows that he reached the goal
ot his expedition almost exactly ore
month after Captain Roald Amund-
sen. the Norwegian explorer. Cap.
tain Amundsen's report 20 King
iinakon az Norway read.
Pole attained itth.I7th Deoeff-
Ter. ieii. All we'll"
The report of Captain scott was
destined not % BE- received hy eha
waiting world until alter hle death.
No details had come 90 haua thln
morning aH 20 how the records of
Captain scoii were found. hut chat
b. arrived al me poit On ihAl DATE
mentioned was definitely known.
The principal members ~ tho e.
pedlilon healdee captain scott Neras
Lieut. O. q. evans, R ~. aecoaN u