Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-05
LEADER OF EXPEDITION
TELLS OF hARDSHlPS
Vessel Reaches New Zealand Port in
Town Of Another Ship-Crew Gives
Evidence Of Long Imprisonment in
Ice Paek-Ran Into Successive BIiz-
zards-Underso Many Hardships.

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assistance on Saturday. At 2 o'clock
Monday the two boats reached Otago
! Heads.
! Lieutenant Stenhouse. second in
command OF the Ross sea expedition
| and master of the Aurora, had STIR
ring narrative to tell. He brings no
/ informatio of the whereabouts OF Sir
Ernest Shackleton and his party or
any news Of their heroic exploit, but
l. he expressed confidence that Sir
Ernest had succeeded in making his
| trip across the pole according to
schedule He added that altho the
party intrusted with depot laying were
to go as far south as possible, they
may nevertheless have been unable to
reach Cape Beardmore. the point
originally intended.
The Aurora's crew bears evidence OF
long Imprisonment in the ice pack and
rough weather since encountered, but
were greatly cheered by renewed con-
tact with their fellow men. and fresh
provisions were relished by the men,
who had been mainly existing for
months on seal and penguin flesh.
Tells Of Voyage South.
In beginning his narrative Lieu
tenant Stenhouse briefly recapitulated
the events Immediately following the
departure of the Aurora from Hobart
on Dec. "a, 1914. The Aurora pro-
ceeded south to Macquarie island
keeping sharp lookout for the gov
eminent steamer Endeavor. which
previously had left Hobart and then
was long overdue They saw nothing
of it, however, and reached Mac
uuarie island on Dec. 30. After land
ing sheep and poultry and stores for
the people at the wireless station. the
ship left on the following day and had
a fine run down to the south.
Then detached icebergs were con-
tinuously encountered Mount Sabine.
that grim sentinel of the south, wao
sighted early on July Z. 1915. They
found Ross sea fairly clear OF Ice and
the ship arrived off Cape Crozier on
Jan. q, after record short passage OF
sixteen days.
Fail to Find Landing.
The wirtering party, that was TO
consist Of iStenhouse. Cope. Spencer,
and Smith. accompanied by some OF
the others. went ashore to endeavor to
find a landing place for the stores,
which were to be placed in a hut there
in order to facilitate the projected
winter journey from the base in NC
Murdo sound. No landing, however
could be affected owing to the ad-
vancement Of barrier Ice along the
high Crozier cliffs. and the party re-
turned to ship.
The Aurora in the meantime mad
been driven onto the ice barrier, which
here was fifty feet high. and had lost
its lib boom. Proceeding toward the
entrance to McMurdo sound. thirty
miles west Of Cape Crozier. the party
was held up by pack ice until Jan. 49,
when a landing was Effected ut cape
Evans across a mile Of fast bay ice.
CAPTAIN Macintosh also landed and
Joyce. Stevens. Spencer and Smith pro-
ceeded to SCOTS huts. They re.
turned after making a survey OF the
hut and the ship then proceeded south
and west in an endeavor to reach the
old winter quarters, from which the
depot laying parties intended to start
Manage to Get Stores Ashore.
Hut Point is fourteen miles south
Of Cane Evans. and while the Aurora
was endeavoring to get In close COM
munication with the shore 1t struck
bottom and remained fast turnout the
day, but it got off in the evening anc
proceeded into the pack.
On the day following stores were
landed at Cape Evans. and on Jan. ~
a party consisting of Stenhouse, joyce.
Hayward, Stevens. and Gaze Travelled
over the sea ice to Hut Point in order
to make an! inventory OF stores whlch
had been left there by the previous
ahin
Stenhouse and Joyce. who were lead
ing, crashed thru the snow crust COW
erinr a wide crack and sank to their
waists. Fortunately they were wear
ing skis. and these saved them from
total immersion. -"..
After marching two hours farther
south they made camp near Hut Point
A wide tidal crack was negotiated by
making a bridge with sledge. Gaze
fell in, but promptly was rescued lro1I,
his dangerous predicament.
Three Days in q Blizzard.
They found the hut showed up, but
managed to make an entrance thru
| a window. Here the party was held up
three days by a blizzard. returning to
the ship on Jan. al. The first depot
laying party, comprising joyce, Gaze
and Jack. with nine dogs, left the ship
Ian: "a with stores for the sMinne
| Bluff depot On Jan 25 Captain Mack
| intosh with Wild, Spencer, and Smith
started with nine dogs for the Mount
Hooper depot, ninety miles south OF
Bluff and 175 miles from Hut Point
| On Jan. 81 the third depot iayiias
party composed Of Cope. Stevens
Richards, Hooks. Einnes, and Hay
| ward, left for the south with q motor
| tractor towing two sledges, while an
other s1edge was hauled. The party
seemed in trouble from the start AND
frequent halts were necessary. Dur.
ing the evening the blizzard arose ans
the party. making a depot OF two
sledges, went south with the other
The motor still gave trouble. so the,
ran 1t on safe ice near Hut Point g
await repairs. z38
/ i553 Parties Return % Ship.
They then set out to return IN. !.
ship. During the evening. the depo
being still in sight, two members g
/ the ships company were sent 70 81
I anime II, but afterward were recaheo