The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-24

The heroism of Scott and his
loyal followers appears In every
line of this living narrative, TOLD
BEYOND THE GRAVE. The
story opens with the sailing of
the Terra Nova from New Zea-
land on Nov. &c, 1910, and its i'm
mediate struggle with a 6isas-
trous storm in the roaring
forties" of the southern seas.
After the great gale came baf-
fling currents and cross-currents,
huge icebehgs and much ice that
held the ship back. But, says
Capt. Scott in his diary, they kept
heart, and arrived at last at the
vessels destination in Ross sea,
anchoring in the shelter of Cape
Evans, on Ross island, in the lee
of the great Ice Barrier that holds
the southern continent as with a
rampant of steel.
Here they unloaded their car
go, their provisions, dogs, ponies,
and sledges and tents, and estab-
lished a permanent camp safe on
the eternal Ice Held.
While they were discharging
the cargo, they had strange adj
venture with killer whales"
Two dogs were tethered to stern
rope, on an ice foe beside the
ship, while half dozen whales
played around, and a photogra-
pher tried to get pictures of
them. Suddenly they disap-
peared.
1.-THE next moment" writes
Scott, "the whole foe under him
and the dogs heaved up and split
into fragments. Whale after
whale rose under the ice, setting
| 1t rocking fiercely. One could
hear the booming noise as the
whales rose under the ice and
strucx it with their backs.
"Then, one after another, their
huge, hideous heads shot verti-
cally into the air through the
cracks they had made. AS they
reared them to a height of six
or eight feet it was possible to
see their tawny head marking,
their small, glistening eyes and
their terrible array of teeth, by
far the largest and most terrify-
ing in the world"
These strange killer" had de-
Iiberately risen under and broken
the ice, two and one-half feet
thick, to get at the dogs. But
they failed.
Three months were spent in
two expeditions, one to clay de-
lpots" toward the south pole to
Iexplore the mountains to the
least.
| The dogs, meanwhile, grew
fierce. They fought among them
Iselves, and even attacked Capt.
Scott and nearly killed a pony
when it fell.
Here is SCOTS description OF a
typical days march on one of the
depot-making trips southwark:
I'VE turn out of our sleeping
bags about 9 a. m. Somewhere
labout 1880 figures are busy
Iamong sledges and horses. 1t is
lchilling work.
. "The rugs come OF the ami
mails, the harness Is put on, tents
and camp equipment are dashed
on the sledges. nose-bags filled
for the next halt. One by one
} the animals are taaen of the
picket rope and yoked to the
. ,sledges.
. 1.-THE picketing lines must be
! gathered up, few pony putties
i need adjustment. a party has been
slow striking their tent.
"The horses have got cold, and
: at the word they are off. Finne.
sxo Qur bootsl give a poor foot
hold on the slippery sastrugi
(hardened snow waves( and fol
a minute or two drivers have some
! difficulty in maintaining the pace
on their feet. Movement Is warm
ling, and In 10 minutes the col
umn has settled itself to stead.
: marching.
The pace Is still hfiak. tn
light bfd. and AZ intervAle on
2 or a4othcf Of Us suddenly ste