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SOUTH POLE SEARCH
CAPTAIN SCOTT, THE DARING
ENGLISHMAN, BATTLES WITH
STORM AND COLD.
WITHIN 1f>0 MILES OF THE AXIS
In Story of Adventure* the Captain
Tells of Loss of Ponies, Dogs and
Supplies—Party Faced Death Many
Times—When Last Heard of Six
Explorers Were Headed for Pole.
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Akaroa, New Zealand, Tuesday,
Ajcll 2.—Lieut. Pennell, ronimander
of the Terra Nova, of the Hritisli
antarctic expedition of 11+10. which
arrived here yesterday, brought with
him a Iouk and intensely Interesting
account of the work and experiences
of the expedition up to January third
last, written expressly for the New
York Times by Capt Robert P. Scott
the leader of the expedition. Capt.
Bcott's -storj is as follows:
By Robert F Scott.
Macmuido Sound, Oct HO, 15111 —
Shorlly after the depar'ure of the
Depot-Laying party from Cape Evans
on January 2f>, 1911, the sea ice broke
ai South Cape and severed communl
cations with the ship The Depot
party consisting of 12 men. eight
CAPT. ROBERT F. SCOTT
walls and the animals had suffered
very badly, so I decided to retire to
Hut Point without delay.
• A Close Call.
There at 2 a. m., ou March 1, the
tired condition of the ponies obliged
the part> to camp at 4:30. Mowers,
awakened by a noise, found the ice
broken all around the camp, and mov-
ing with the heavy swell. One pony
had disappeared from the picketing
line and a us not seen again. Hastily
packing their sicdgea. the party decid-
ed to try and work southwest over
the packed Ice. With Infinite diffi-
culty the sledges were dragged, the
ponies jumping from floe to lloe to-
ward the harrier. About noon the
party neared the barrier but found
; lis Ice wall uncllmbable and the swell
churning and hteakinng heavy floes
against It. In thin deiemma Crean
was allowed to attempt to obtain
help. He (raveled east over the mov-
ing pack to find a break In the Ice
wall and eventually hoisted himself
to the barrier surface by wedging his
j ski slick in a crack.
More Ponies Lost.
On March 4 we ascended hills east
of Castle Hock, and on the fifth the
party with the two remaining ponies
and the dog teams was safely housed
at Hut Point. My this Incident we
lost three of our strongest ponies.
This was a severe blow to the expe-
dition, but not enough to wreck its
plans if the remaining animals could
lie preserved. The heavy swell
which caused this disaster broke
more than ten miles of sea ice, large
fragments from the barrier, and two ,
miles of ulacier tongue—a feature !
which had remained otherwise un- ;
changed since discovery, in 1902. The
Hut was found almost completely fill-
ed with hard snow, the window's
broken and the door unhinged. With
much labor we cleared and repaired
It. It then afforded good shelter.
Preparing For the Winter.
On March 17 Lieutenant Evans led
a party to Corner Camp, completing
the depot arrangements for the com-
ing season The temperature at the
barrier had already fallen to minus
40 degrees. Throughout the month
ice continually formed over the sea
but the strong winds quickly drove 1'
out. After March 25 the ice remain
ed fast in the sheltered bays but
continued to drive out of the sound.
Huge land ice falls on the southwest
slopes of Mount Erebus prevented any
possibility of returning to Cape Evans
by land, but with the freezing of the
bays I decided to make an attempt
to reach the station, partly by land j
and partly by sea ice. With eight
companions I started, on April 11. and
although caught by a storm on sea |
ice, we reached Cape Evans early on
Hie lllth. We found the station, j
which had been left In Simpson's |
charge, in excellent order, and ar- j
rangoments for comfort remarkably !
perfect.
On April 17 I returned to Hut Point
with a fresh sledge party carrying
Hu< Point through IB miles of bur*
wire. This telephone has already
proved extremely useful for reporting
the movement of parties, pending
changes of weather.
Start Delayed to Cave Ponies.
All plans and preparations for the
southern Journey ure now complete
and despite the accident of last sea-
son we have great hop* of success.
The necessity of pelting the utmost
out of our remaining ponies has de-
cided me nut to expose them to great
cold. We shall therefore start later
than ordinarily intended.
November 21, latitude 81.15 8—We
left Hut Point on the eve of Novem-
ber 2, having decided to march by
night and rest during the day to give
the ponies the benefit of warm day
temperatures. We reached Cornet
Camp this morning. Traveling loutl)
for 60 miles we followed the traiki
of the motors, then we found the ma
chines abandoned The party rind
proceeded onward as directed, wen
delayed by a blizzard on the elgT h
but reached One Ton Camp on .he
morning of the Hlth. The dog teams
had caught us up some days earlier
and the whole party proceeded in
company A days rest was given the
animals at One Ton Camp which we
left on the 17th Having regard to
'he weight of the loads, the heavy
surfaces and limited number of ni l-
mals, I decided to march 15 ir.iles
only every night this distance h.is
has been maintained on bright nights
and so far as we can forsee, it should
be continued.
The ponies are going very steadily
and keeping In condition remarkably
well. The first pony lias been shot
for expediency but could have trav
elled further. The animals have ten
pounds of oats and three pounds ol
oil cake dailv. We are hopeful ol
getting the men's food Hiipply lo th*
glacier, according to program, without
great difficulty but shall be a day oi
two later than anticipated. We found
| the motor party waiting at latitude
80V4. Two of their number now
i leave us The sole cause of the aban-
j donment of the motors was the over-
heating of the air cooled engines
December 10, latitude KH degrees 15
; minutes—After the return of the
motor party from latitude 81 degrees
15 minutes we pushed steadily south
hopeful for better weather conditions
A second pony w-is destroyed at lati-
tude S2 degrees 10 minutes. A third
at latitude 82 degrees 4". minutes and
two more near the 83rd parallel None
of these animals were exhausted but
were sacrificed on account of light-
ening loads and as food for dogs.
Ah we approached the weather grew
worse, snow storms were frequent,
the sky continually overcast and
land very rarely visible.
Close to the Pole.
January 3, 1912, latitude 87. H2.
height 9 800 feet. Afler leaving tlie
upper glacier depot, south of Mount
Darwin, I steered southwest two
days. This did not keep us clear of
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supplies and stores. As It was im- ,
possible for animals to travel on the | J™*™'
route taken, I left \leares and five
others in charge of those at Hut Point
Intrepid British explorer who headed
n expedition In sssrch of the south
pole.
ponies and two dog teams occupied
till January 30 In establishing a base
camp at the Harrier seven miles east,
(southeast of Hut Point
On February Hth. we proceeded
couth, marching by night and resting
by day. The weather was exception
ally bad but the surface Improved.
The three weakest ponies were Bent
back, but these unfortunately were
caught In another bad blizzard and
two succumbed. With the reuinlniug
ponies and the logs we reached lati-
tude 70V.: degrees on the 16th, .vhen
I derided owing to the condition of
the weather and the animal* to make
n depot here and return. We left
more than a ton of stores at this point
which we named One Ton Camp and
which should be a great help to us
this season We then returned to our
Hase Camp with dog teams.
At Hase camp I found every Bin
gle pony well, and visiting Hut Point
I received news of tlie Terra Nova
and Kraru On February 24, with men
on skis, and a single pony, I started to
lake more -tores to Corner camp. On
the outward journey we passed re
turning points going wi ll. Returning
from Corner camp, i was held up by a
blizzard on the 27th but reached Hase
camp on the L'Sth, 1 found the storm
had been phenomenal at this place*
raging for three days and causing
enormous accumulation of snow
driftc Shifts of wind had baffled all
effort* to sheltt-r the ponies with snow
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Church Ttiniee Did you occupy
your last pulpit with credit? Now
H«' tor KntlrelN There w is tu ver
up c. *'i connect* d with it Itplgc
understand it
hating unequn'
Just the same
and again returned to Cape Evans on
April 30. Sea ice continued to drive i
out of sounds until the first week in
May. It was not until May 13, three
weeks after the sun had gone that
the men and animals left Hut Point
and safely returned to the main sta-
tion The sound froze solid in May
and later In winter packed Ice ex-
tended to an unprecedented distance
northward, despite numerous gales
After the return from the absentees
we settled down very comfortably
in our winter hut. Its arrangements
for lighting, heating, cooking and
ventilation proved eminently satlsfac
too
occurred frequently at first and gave
us trouble, hut we rose rapidly In alti-
tude. Probably the difficult places
were more snowcovered than further
eastward. The adopting of this course
was mainly felt on the third and
fourth days when owing to our alti-
tude we got a splendid view of the
distribution of the land masses fring-
ing the Ice sheet and the arm of Ice
falls. Since leaving the depot our
marches have averaged over fifteen
statute miles a day. On Christmas
day we were close up to the 86tb
parallel and the prospect of Christ-
inas fare gave us an excellent march—
seventeen miles—but the effect was
not so happy the fallowing day.
surface grew more difficult as
approached the 87th parallel.
Helilnd a land ridge on the slopes of j New year s eve, In latitude 86
Mount Terror, the party stvent three
days building a stone hut on which
they roofed with canvas from this
camp. The men had great difficulty
In crossing the huge barrier pressure
ridges In the dim noon twilight to
reach the rookery. They were suc-
cessful at a second attempt. They
found comparatively few birds at the
rookery, but these had begun to lay
even at this early date l^ortunatcly
some eggs at different stages of de-
velopment were secured which should
give considerable Information con
cerning the embryology of Jhis inter
eating bird The same night a violent
gale commenced and the tidge proved
inadequate shelter from the hurri-
cane gusts which whirled down on
the hut. A tent and oilier carefully
secured articles were blown away, and
after straining for 14 hours the roof
of the hut Hew to ribbons. For 30
hours more the travelers were con-
fined in their frown sleeping bods
hnIf burled beneath snow and rock
debris
The state of their equipment now
forced thern to turn hoinewartl, on
the return Journey they were held for
two days by another storm af'er
which the temperatupe fell and re-
mained belov minus M) degrees. Tin
party returned after five dayr absenc*
incased In ice and suffering from
want of sleep but otherwise well.
first Antarctic Telephone Line.
At Ihe end of the month telephone
communica'ton w;is established with
The
we
On
de-
grees, fit! minutes, we depoted there
a unit of provisions and rebuilt our
sledges with new short runners,
which remarkable piece of work was
performed by the seamen of the
party under adverse conditions, AI-1
though it cost us nearly « day's
march, the change amply repaid us. ]
We have been able to keep up our j
average and we are now within lot) \
miles of the pole.
Five Going On to th<t Pole.
I am going forwa d with a party
of fhe ith n sending tl.ree back tinder
Lieutenant Evans with this note
The advance pain goes forward
with a month's provisions and the
prospects of success good, providing
the weather holds and no nnforseen
obstacles arise, it has been very
l lilllcuit to choose the advance party,
j as everyone was lit and able to go
1 forward. Those who returned ore
naturally much disappointed. Every*}
one has worked ills hardos'. The
weather on the plateau has been goo'i \
on the whole. The sun lias never do I
sorted us, but the temperatures are
low now, about minus 20 degrees, and
I the wind pretty constant However, i
j we are excellently equipped for such
I conditions and the wind undoubtedly
Improves the surface—so far all ar-
rangements have worked out most
] satisfactorily. |> la more than prob-
able that no further news will be
; received from us ibis year as our ra
turn must nece sarlly be I.He.
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