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

are getting lnt"rthittent fog in this
most CreEasA"i part OF the glacier
Everybody is in the best OF health and
spirits
1t has been most difficult 70 select
tie returning party OF four which car
rIes this note. Our position conSti-
tCtes our upper glacier depot Com
ptete dtpOts have been established on
the hOmeWard route. The track OF the
barrier IS we'll marked with snow
cairns. The members going forward
are Scott, Liert, Evans. Wilson, Pow
ers, Oates. Lassley. Petty Officer Ev-
ans. and Cream.
Jan. }, 1872, latitude S7.S2. height
$500 feet. After leaving the upper
glacier depot, south OF Mount Darwin.
steered southwest two days. This
Gid not keep US clear OF pressure
ridges and GREY asses, which occurred
frequently II first and gave US trou-
bic. but We rose rapidly in altitude.
Probably TIE difficult Places were
more snOW-cOTered than farther east
ward. The advantages of this course
wee mainly felt on the third and
fourth days. when, owing to our alti-
tude, We got splendid view of the
distribution OF land masses fringing
the ice-sheet and the arrangement of
iCe-falls. Since leaving the depot our
marches have averaged more than fiji
teen statute miles a day
On Christmas DAY We were close up
to the seth parallel. and the prospect
OF Christmas fare~gave us an excellent
march, seventeen miles, but the effect
was not so happy the following day.
The surface grew more difficult as we
approached the S7th parallel. On New
Years eve, in latitude Sc egrees Sc
minutes, We depoted there a unit Of
provisions and rebuilt our sledges
with new short runners, which re-
markable piece of work was perform
ed by the seamen Of the party under
adverse conditions.
Although it cost US nearly a days
march, the change amply repaid us.
We have been able to keep up our
average, and we are now within $50
miles of the Pole.
| am going forward with a party of
five men, sending three back under
Lieut.. Evans with this note. The
names and descriptions of the ad-
vance party are: Captain Scott. R.N.;
Dr.. Wilson, chief of the scientific
staff; Captain Oates, Inneskilling
Dragons, in charge of the ponies and
mules; Lieut.. Bowers, Royal Indian
Marine, commissariat officer; Petty |
Officer Evans, R.N., in charge of the
sledges and equipment.
Tho advance marty forward
with a months provisions, and the
prospects Of success seem good, pro-
viding the weather holds and no I'M
fortunate obstacles arise. 1t has been
very difficult to choose the advance
party, as every one was fit and able
to go forward. Those that have to
return are naturally much disappoint-
ed. Every one has worked his hard
est. The weather on the plateau has
been good. on the whole. The sun has
never deserted US, but, the tempera-
lures are low, now about minus 20 de-
grees, and the wind pretty constant.
However, we are. excellently equipped
for such conditions, and the wind un-
improves the surface. So
tar all arrangements have worked out
1lIlSI n.y. ~ I'D
that no, further news Will bel
received from us this year, as our re-
turn must necessarily be late.
Capt. SCOTS Career
Capt. Robert Falcon Scott was born
1t Davenport, June 6, 1868. He entered
he Royal Navy in 1882; served in the
Rover" 1878, as lieutenant and in
he "Amphion," 1889 He was torpedo
lieutenant of the battleship "Majes-
ic,". flagship of the Channel Squad
on, 1889, and rose 20 first lieu
1S99-19O0. In 1900, he was
appointed commander and captain in
.9O4; after which he spent four years
n the antarctic: regions with the g.,
Discovery" Captain Scott is Hon.
}. Sc Cambridge and Manchester, :
,old medallist of the Royal Geographic .
al Society, and of the American, ,
swedish, Danish, Philadelphia and +
Antwerp Geographical Societies. He
las also published The Voyage of
he Discovery" which is regarded as
he standard work on the Antarctic i
;one. Captain SCOTS former venture
o the South polar regions ended
Without any of the chickering's which
lave disgraced nearly all the North
Pole expeditions and he was among
hose who contributed to the success
# Shackleton's voyage in the MIN |
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