Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

lance out from the depot. So that II a
returning party loses the trail and
finds flag marked Els" the members
will know that they are four miles east
Of depot.
Good Route for First Part.
The travelling should be smooth and
safe for some time after leaving the
first depot, If conditions are still as
Amundsen found them, until the third
depot is placed at 81 south. The second
depot at 80 degrees 10 minutes Is just
beyond Amundsen's depot at 80 south,
which was large, well filled with sup
plies and we'll marked after his return
trip.
TT is not impossible that 1t will be
found useful later on" he wrote.
But after the third depot is laid down,
the supporting party will face the worst
part of the entire barrier trip.
On the first trip Amundsen made
across this crevaSSed area, twice on a
depot-laying journey and going south
on his polar trip, he had little diff1culty
with crevasSes. But on the way home
after reaching the Pole he had a
different story to tell
Three times we had now gone over
this stretch of the barrier without hav-
ing really clear weather." Amundsen
says in his book. This time we had
1t and were able to see what 1t actually
looked like.
THE irregularities began in 81 de-
grees IL minutes south and did not ex-
tend very far from north to south.
possibly about five kilometers (three
and a quarter miles,. How far they
extend from east to west 1t Is dificult
to say. but at any rate as far as the
eye could reach.
"InmenSe niAces of the ciIrfara he a
fallen away and opened up the most
horrible yawning CULTS, big enough to
swallow many caravans of the size of
ours. From these open holes only wide
cracks ran out in all directions, de-
sides which mounds and haycocks were
everywhere to be seen. Perhaps the
most remarkable thing of all was that
we had passed over here unframed"
And yet for the reinsurance of folks
back home, he did pass over this area
safely four times, on three of which
he was unable to see where he was
going so with ropes and belts and
bamboo poles and the other precautions
available there Is no reason why these
dog teams and their drivers should not
get across safely, although they will
have to watch their step.
May See Land to East.
The remaining part of the trip to
81 degrees As minutes, and the last
depot to be put down by the support
ing party, the going should be smooth
and easy, particularly as they will have
dropped a good part of their loads
They may also be able to get a glimpse
Of the land which Amundsen saw far
to the east, sight of which would
somewhat reward them for their diff
flcult journey and at the same time
tantalize them with the thought that
they would see land and not be able
to reach it. The Barrier is heavily
crevaSsed to the east, also indicating
land. and last year the depot-laying
party saw a pressure line to the west
which ran parallel to their route at a
distance of a few miles. Their work
will have been done, however, and they
will turn homeward over the crevasSes
and around huge holes fortunately
much lighter than when they went out
The work of the supporting party is
of the utmost Importance to the success
of the geological party.
The supplies it will leave at these