THE SOUTH POLE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10599, 3 April 1912, Page 5

THE SOUTH POLE

SCOTT S EXPEDITION

DETAILS.

(By Telegraph-Stress Association.) , . AKAiRjOA, Lost Nigjht. .Leaving for the North, tihe Terra Jfowa wiit'li-diMcuilty steamed through new ice at the entranced th'e Sound. Slaving at times to back astern "and charge full -epeed to make any impression aifc all. It was now se«n. that ' ?.t, was in possible to again return to if McMurdo Sound) tibis season. ;- The ship was thus prevented from .;:, obtaining the latest news from Cap- ;'; tain Scott. ~ . . Oai March 6th and 7th "the ship ".■;• again atftemjptied to pick up the Nor- ■•: iMfer n [partly, but could not go as dose as' three days previously, and had to leave without tlhem. as winter conditions had already set in» and the thssp was in danger ofhiding frozen • NORTHERN PARTY. J

I' •Thfr- Northern' party,. consisting of ■ ' Oamjpibel, Levieck,-- Priestly, V AW>dti£lh-bwning and pickepn"*,"were' toHNkceed'- south- to ~ winferr qiforters :j haft'be^pro^ 4 Quipped with' a" .view- i)jp , ■ <toY«po^sfibili^';aa-jsim«;.:''■'."THere"%« '"">'seviMf -cfeM&'cai e 1 I Y T!hi6:,£iMpr,«4'de;-a-f^d^p t a^goH^ <ter sail: Raters-, bujt •,«& thee 23md\March rah, wit©* a %eavy" .'itHSS' bbw- ■; evecg caused- no dajpiii^»fe^psVais- - ing se»^y ; the stafboa^^fielb#- , " J '" NORTHEIRiN PARTY'S REPORT.

*. A/s the Northern party was not -. picked up, only an incomplete report '?cf thedr previons, moyeaneinits - can''.be given. . . Tlioy landed at Cape Adair on February 18th, 1911, the elh-ip sailing on Atl»e> following nighifc. • fXheycompletied^^-their hut onMarch . 3rd j -ih' I *ihe'-nMddlie-of;?iij»e''Adielie penguin, rookery'—a very dry: spot, wliiah "V-Ss surrounded all the summer by a coxuatless number of penguins. **A blfizzardl of Siurrieane force was experienced on March. 19th, when the • anemometer broke, after recording a wind, yelfoeity of Hi mali&s ah-hour... the winter these, severe were not .uncommon. -_. .. <<)n one occasion."the*.-porch' of;the" 1 , hut, w-ag; blown away. . :^;.-<-Xt', / WB« intended :L_p 4 start, ; ;on\, the.>^:'over/sea; aiid «;s<*e,-::'^^to'W^d.'^apexNjortn,.. : the '^^rid' , ;-ic6 | ' i to''it& ; -ib^<ir]Ji-:;' ':j ; 'vt-'!WiSrdf =' -•= -■' •"' '• :" ■ ';,..'"'. : ''"' "•[ The seas having the : par* ;■'■ ty'ieffib on ■ r A very*badi sucrface made progress . The party was : compeLed to retire Bay, as the sea and ice Safer© obviously afcolit to go out '.'■ "laftain..'"'"".-'";, - •"'-•''•■■j'-' - ;ft'bnl ..till of- No'viwdber~{ihe fc'me was in col- I fleeting geological specimens,. jphfrto: graphs, surveying, etc. .„ ' ""' J During : the las* tv;<j ntOtttfoa tfey | wiecre confined V the moraine, with! mountains ...'behind, until re-lievr | *&s .4 ( th, 19i12. The|K"ort'h*rn .parity were able to.] •TBak© a good fjiofegiiicail collection. » ■ During the whole period eontiinuous meteorological, magncti andi other ©hsecvations were taken, which are of pajrjticulbr 'vaJue, as' they were sjmidtaiKohs to similar ones taken by Oapiain"Evans-. ',,;'.'.', '.-') • WESTERS PARTY'S REPORT, j .--', The ; >Wieetiern 4 !geological party's re- ( K sport states tha€ the party, coTreisT-inig V of Debeinliam, Wrigjit, and j^etty-o£&oea , ;;Eyans, landed on Bitter Plofiot on Jaiiuary 27th, 1911. "V '' A dteipot.ivas made on. the. Cathedral; • rocks .dn January 315t. ... A snii-g camp ,h*as made in a', dry, valley in aa al<i:vo thirty feet deep, excavated by the sun into the glacier. This showed the ti-cacricioiis melting power of the GUn..;'-/ • These regions are 24C0 feet above tlttJ'' fdacier. J ',-.;■;. Mr discovcaxd the extinct craves of the lute glacier, also ithe late basa'lt' flows, eighty feet' ' iMdS&y '■" /" : ■" . "•;'? x?s&. fire days tlie party'lived on " fl'aiafjVfood. 'withouit- diisicoiriifjwit. . They WaverEed the';gd-a.ye)'s.belbw- a •pi-canising regjion. '*'-*-' ' They; found a, deep lake 'fouritoiieis long; with only- tfief&u-rface ' The- Jim est ones, which were} m garnets, were irashed for gold, but only 'ioitdd. The party''returned to Ferrar Grlacier on February 13th. '■''■''

iWlhilio crossing a new harbour, the icejon wbielli they were el edging swd<j£(hly ocirirEcnced to utoat out. ift <A quick rui-lh was made across... a Maile of a cracking flfloe, a:ud.they jus-t : brought the sledges to the fast -Lee in imp. 'Oilj Februa.ry '24 th the party reached ;ti!iey : wff.t coast of Koettlite Glacier, n.ear.HeaM' Island. A week'was (-pent in. this vicinity. , A large subterranean stream originated, here, and flowed \mder moraine .and! tike.glacier, for twenty-five miles to tile tsea. It-formed a- well-used 'route fr>r numerous seals. '.Their blow-liolesJ.ocoiinred at intervals along inland along its course were several] caws- eitaitsted with beautiful! ice crystals. -. .". HiOn March. Stib the party suddenly on a<ni cpen water bag. '-'Tt tcok'tvvo day® to negotiate six miles, bait the party reached • Discov<xey But on March J'i ..' Thes party encountered but little' .wind. A party, comprising Debeniluiim, Gran and 1 Forde, under Grif-•iiths-Taylor, -left headquarters on November ' Titfli .for Granite Harbour, ufe'clt ihiey reached/ oiu December "&&< ■*-'•■■"' • -i ■Tliey built a s-tcne Imit nine miles inside' Granite Barbour. ; • Buring the next fortnight, they Hedged round West Hairbour, finding ■inaste* of- marble, and a remarkjafbly j&rge aaid inteirestarfg contact of manierate, sudi as-topaz. ■ • , ' * On Deecmibev 27t1i., the. party staffed exploring the western, fegMands. •' found niim>ea-oui» well-ipresery-«d 'crustacean, .aim " specimens of bituminclFs coal. ' TKeise lvea-'e almost, certainly ue>iyfdfifrom a- w-ell-m.ark<ed ont-erop of ifeacoii. saaiditoue in Mtuiatak. Beautiful polished pavements or

percilied. •inaiy,.! iJcaTwii) K The most remarkable example : is3&]tiaaL , aotiioir.>;bitihe~Fto Laiid.' ■■ _ ' '■■'■". r~ !oe6i».pn4y'.Teifi(rn"ed to the. :.'stone •hatfi an Jaoniary Stir, to await.'. the, simp's arrival, but after waiting for weeks, until only'ten.!, days of available sledging food remained, they decided t ' retreat to 'the Discovery ■Httt.-;'- • iNjo fcp'ea : ir.eiis or personal gear. could hfe carried. .' .^ij. They' reached- the. Blue Glftcietr, oiv February"lsth; wbprr %hey were- piek'ediiplby the ship. '"' : V; : :MAG«imG QBiSBRVATIO^S. Absolute eta c observations had beeai "made alt -t'hrough- the winter. 'Hie Am;oi#*-%*i.s observed every hour, but ve/y few brilliant displays ((.'eeua-red. - The mainland offers a rich 'field far .petrology, with an .abundance of min•eralnheaniiig quartz veins, but of no economic value. -The ■specimens of coal were of e.t-b----liKimic,value, and wel 1-presolved fcisstife* have been found near Gfaaiite Haa'bour.

•By 1 trawling from ship, a large collection of deep-sea fauna of the Antarctic lias been obtained. THE OINiEMA.TOGEABH. Natural history research has. been gMitly a>ssistd by tlie tise of the ciue_" .m apograph. .:Animated reoords of bird and animal life in fbese regwivs, and'every •plfase of se'a'l, ]>eaiguin and skua life liave- been tlvusnitista'ated. Some Vemar"kialiile cineniatogj-aphic fihiiß, have secured, sbowing for the J&rfit time the killer whale, tlie wolf <.'f ! the sea-«, in its native e_ ment. ,