The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-13
Describes Hardships of the
Men Marooned in the
Antarctic
THREE OF THE
PARTY DIED
Two Trapped in the Ice
Clergyman Scurvy
Victim

London, Feb l3.--Sir Ernest Shackle.
ton has sent details from Wellington
New Zealand, of the achievements oil
his expedition undertaken to rescue the
men marooned on the Antarctic CONT
nent when the Aurora broke from her
moorings in May, 1915.
Shackleton's expedition has rescued
seven OF the explorers. Three of the
party Capt Macintosh, Richard Hay
ward and Rev. Spencer Smith-died
The rest OF the party are all WELL in
Guiding II. Il. Wild, Ernest Joyce, o.
Stevens, J. L. Cope, Commissariat Officer
Gaze, Richards, the secretary, and Jack,
the biologist,
| Capt. Macintosh and his companions
had gone to lay depots for the use of
Shackletons trancontinental expedition.
This expedition was expected to reach
Cape Evans by June /. The Maclin
tosh party experienced the keenest hard
ships, the worst coming in October, 1915,
while they were in the south laying de-
pots The last depot was laid at Mount
Hope, where two of SCOTS sledges were
found. The sledges we're the only traces
found of the Scott expedition.
Scurvy attacked the party on the
return journey in January. Rev. Spen-
Ger Smith became SO helpless he had to
be dashed to a sledge. Captain Maekin
intosh, was able TO continue pulling the
sledge at Bluff depot and about thirty
miles from where Scott persisted the
party was overtaken by a fierce bliz.
Yard, which continued from Feb. II to
March !. with the temperature 80 de-
grees below zero.
As their fuel and provisions were
almost gone The party camped only six
days and ON Feb. % started to fight its
way through the storm to the depot eley
en- miles away From survivors Shackle-
ton has learned that soon after the party
started Macintosh fell in his tracks. He
and Smith were left with Wild to look
after them. while Joyce Richards and
Hayward, with four starving dogs, stroye
to reach the depot Bicuit crumbs and |
tea was the only food left.
The depot was sighted by the adyanc-
ing members of the party in brief
clearance of the storm on Feb. 20. With |
food and oil from the depot return |
journey was undertaken for Mackin. |
tosh and Smith. Then Hayward broke I
down. Joyce and Richards, pulling with |
the dogs, reached the camp on Feb. 20
Macintosh and Smith were helpless
and without food.
Another advance was undertaken with |
Macintosh and Smith dashed to the
sledge. The party was at first helped /
by sledge sail, but this became use
less as the wind fell. Three men pulling
at the sledges were unable TO move them.
offered to remain behind to
give the other sick men a chance. He
was left behind in tent with three
weeks provisions forty miles from safe
ty.
The party pushed on. all members
weak from scurvy, Smith died on
March 8 after forty-seven days illness
Hut Point was reached on March II,
where vegetables and meat were pro.
'ured. Joyce, Wild and Richards start
ID back for Macintosh and were sue
'essful. All were safe at Hut Point on
March Is. Shackleton gives tribute to
men and dogs whose loyalty and endur-
nce saved Macintosh and Hayward at
his time.
The party had been sledging from
sept. |, 1915. to March Is, 1916, under
he worst possible conditions and had
oyered / $50 statute miles and succeed
ID in laying the depot at Mount Hope,
nus achieving the object of the Ross
ca expedition.
Macintosh and Hayward died after
heir worst experience was over. They
Fere overtaken by blizzard on their
quincy to Cape Evans across the sea
e. They started this trip on May s,
fhen weather conditions were fine. On
lay 10 the rest of the party at Hut
ont decided to follow.
The found the tracks of Macintosh
nd Hayward abruptly terminated in
pen water, and on May Is, their worst
Ears were realized when they reached
ape Evans and found that Macintosh
nd Hayward had not arrived. Searches
avealed nothing of the missing men.
hsckleton concludes that the loss of
he men was due to the breaking OF
Dung ice and its driving north under the
lfuencp of the blizzard