Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-12
SHACKLETON'S PARTY
FOUND RELICS OF SCOTT
Two Sledges Were Only Traces
Discovered of Former
Expedition
MAROONED IN BLIZZARD
Explorer Tells Story Of Frightful
Hardship and Heroic
Sacrifice
MAROONED IN BLIZZARD

LONDON, Feb. IL. Lieutenant Sir
ernest Shackleton in n message from We'll
hngton to the Chronicle describes the ex-
perlences or his men. marooned when the
Aurora broke away from her moorngs I'm
may, 1915. Captain Macintosh cnnmis-
stoned TO lay depots for use bv sbac,leton's
,Iuhscontinental party, reached Cape Evans
June after experiencing terrible hardshlps
ana losing all bu. four dogs.
but the worst experience befcll the ex-
piorers when in October 1915, six OF them.
headed by Macintosh went south TO Law
uepots The last depot was laid at Mount
nope where they found two Of Scotrs
e,e1ses, he only traces they came across
or the Scott expedition.
on the return Journey IN January scprvy
athched the part" The Rev Spenccr
smith became so helpless that he had to be
,sshed TO a slcdge IN his sleeping bag
MacKintosh suffered also, but continued
pullhg sledge. When only eleven miles
from the safety Of the blum depot and
within thirty miles Of whore Scott perished
they were overtaken by a furious blizzard
which ragged from February II 10 March l.
with the temperature thirty degrees below
zero.
Fuel and provisions in the meantime be-
came virtually exhausted. After camping
Tor SIX days the party on February %
started in the binding drift to attempt TO
Itd'u lH" uepOt. soon aiter starting,
ShacklctOn says, Macintosh fell in his
tracks having reached the limit Of human
endurance lie was left with Smith. and
with Wild to look after them both while
Joyce, Richards and Hayward with four
starving dogs. struggled on TO reach the
depot. A few BISCUIT crumbs and tea was
the only food left.
In momentary clearance Of the snow drift
on the twenty-sxth the depot was sighted.
The marty started In ,t.ff a rI
oil. Hayward was now broken down and
the blizzard continued to rage. Joyce and
Richards, with the dogs pulling, arrived in
camp on the twenty-ninth. They found the
party without food, Macintosh and Smith
very sick and helpless. An Immediate start
was made again for the depot Macintosh
and Smith were lashed 10 n sIedge and Hay
ward staggered along beside them.
Al first the party was helped by the
sledge sail. but on March Z tho wind
dropped and the three men were now unable
to move the slcdgcs hurdcued with their
sick comrades. Macintosh, seeing the
gravity Of the situation, uuscliehly decided
to remain behind so as to give the other sick
men n chance 10 reach safety. They loft
him in a tent with three weeks provisions
on the eighth, forty miles from safety.
The party pushed on, with Hayward and
Spencer Smith all now weakening from
scurvy Spencer Smith died on the ninth,
after forty-seven days Of sickness. lie
was cheerful to the end. on March II Hut
Point was reached and fresh meat aud
dried vegetables were procured.
Three days afterward Joyce, Richards
and wild started back TO fetch Macintosh.
This they successfully achieved and by
March IS all were safe at Hut Point, says
Shackleton. Mackintosh and Hayward g
lives were saved by the devoted efforts Of
their comrades and by the endurance and
work of the four dogs. Under the worst
conditions of weather and temperature,
with short food and sometimes none at
all, the party had virtually been sledgiug
from September /, 1915, TO March IS, 1916.
They covered 1860 statute miles.