Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-10

dash to the pole itself and had re-
united his party ard the scientists, it is
! believed, were working on their OBJ
servstions when caught in the biz.
/ zard. Some of the men managed to
escape death and struggled 70 the
Terra Nova, which was lying at Cape
Evans, McMurdo Sound, where origin
al winter quarters had been estab-
ly known.
Story Of Expedition.
Capt SCOTS expedition has been in
the south polar regions for more than
two years. The Terra Nova is a stout
little three-masted barkent!nerOgg
steamer, and was regarded as unusual
! ! well-equipped for the voyage In
dc ed, it appears that the vessel an
swered all the demands made upon it,
IN that the disaster that overlook the
party l.. due to the fact that the in
treLid explorer was not content with
reaching the South Pole but wished to
make further explorations in the dan
eerous and forbidding region. II is
w obable that when he found Amunu-
sen had reached the goal ahead OF MIN
he determined to stay in the south
pole region until he had some great
achievement of his own to show the
world.
Captain Scott left the West Indi"
Dock, London on June /, 1910. But it
was not until November 29. 1910, of
the same year, that the actual start
for the South wa0 made. Port Chal-
n ers, n. T., was the base from which
the Terra Nova, with the explorers
on board, plugged her way south
Three days out from New Zealand the
Troubles commenced The deeply loden
vessel encountered a gale. and ship
pei a good deal of water. The bull
warks were considerably smashed and
the water found its way below, and
the engine-room fires had to he put
cut. A fouling Of the pumps had tn
crew bailing with buckets-a serious
POSITION at the outset Two of the pom
les and one dog we're lost. The otter
animals essential to an attack on
zee regions suffered very severely. A
small quantity of deck cargo was
swept away.
On December 9 the Terra Nova en-
tered the ice pack. 1t was phenomen
ally heavy, the traverse of $50 miles
neing the greatest extent of any pack
yet recorded. Twenty-one days OF ex.
tremety difficult navigation took the
explorers safely through to the edge
If the Great Continental shelf, and he
open waters OF Rosa sea were enter
Cd upon on December 80. A heavy
southerly gale drove the vessel away
to the west. Admiralty Mountains and
Victoria Land were sighted, and Cape
CroZier was made on January ). The
heavy swell made landing an impos,
sibility, and the Terra Nova beat away
th: ough the tough ice pack to MMun,
II Sound.
The First Landing Party
So far the progress Of the expedition
had been assaulted by big difficulties.
But at M'Murdo Sound the fates were
kinder. Exceptionally open water was
met with, and it was decided by Cap
tain Scott to establish his winter
quarters at Cape Evans, IA miles
north of Shackleton's station, and
week of strenuous labor, in which the
ponies, dogs, and motor sledges were
requisitioned, was necessary to effect
the landing of stores for the western
party. 1t was a work of considerable
risk, the sea ice being in a treacher-
Gus condition. Here the expedition
experienced its first serious loss, one
of the motor sledges disappeared
through a crevasse in the ice. The
depot house was rapidly constructed
and 16 ponies and 80 dogs were quar-
terer The locality chosen was one
exceptionally convenient for the scien-
tific work of the party, which had, up
to the time the Terra Nova left, Sc
cured a good biological collection.
Bad weather, however, Occasioned
some trouble. Once the ship was
driven on to a shoal, but escaped dam
age.
When the Terra Nova left, the
sledge party was being organized for
the journey across the ice. This was
to consist of IL men, eight ponies, and
two dog teams II was hODed that