Show amm STORY OF DASH H TO POLE 1 INTREPID EXPLORER PLANTS FLAG OF NORWAY AND STAYS THREE DAYS AT SOUTH POLE little party of determined men face untold hardships and peril in successful effort to reach southernmost point of world frobart II obart Tas tasmania manta captain haold amundsen the explorer accredited accredit ed with the discovery of 0 the south pole hits has issued a statement in which bo be declares that he and his big party reached the south pole on december 14 1911 and that the party spent three days at the pole where the flag of norway was planted captain amundsen says the pole la Is situated on a vast plateau which stretches hda away in either direction for or M miles iles and miles the explorer whose name will go eo down through the centuries to come for his contribution to the worlds greatest discoveries has given the story of his journey to the world in his characteristic simple and unas burning way and that story seems to have been eele gelle rally accepted as the unadulterated truth the last stages of the journey seem to have been the most difficult barring the last days for the explore ers tho the real dash for the began on february 10 1911 when the party began to td work its way south establishing food depots on the way for four our months trod from april 22 the party did not see the sun but this winter season seems not to have hava caused any great harish hardship lj except to the dogs while the time was profitably spent in some astonishing meteorological eor ear observations there was very little snow and there was open water by the camp calop of the exploring party throughout the winter A start was made from the winter home on september 8 but encounter ing severe weather the thermometer showing 76 degrees below zero captain amundsen ordered a return to their winter hut but to wait tor for spring weather which did not come until the middle ot at october on october 20 five men ot of the party started on the final dash tor for the pole having four sledges fafty dogs and provisions for four months the trip must indeed have been a 1 trying one even tor for mon men used to su such ch hardships caches ot of food were made at different points along the route taken to be used on the return journey in case the explorers should ever return over mountains and glaciers across ice fee covered stretches of water where the ice creaked and groaned and threatened to at any moment engulf the entire party through valleys and across plains the intrepid explorers patiently plodded until on december 8 a camp was established at the point farthest south visited by lieutenant shackelton from there on to the pole the task seems to have been comparatively ively easy being mostly a down hill pull for the dog teams on december 14 at 3 p m they halted baited having by the reckonings made arrived at the goal for which many many brave and hardy explorers explore rB had searched in vain then according to captain amundsen all of the party gathered around the colors a beautiful silk flag all hands taking hold of it and planting it three days were spent in that vicinity and numerous observations were taken and reckonings made the explorers having thoroughly satisfied themselves that the south pole had at last been visited by man on december 17 there was faste fastened hed to the ground a little tent which had been taken along a norwegian flag and the fram pendant on the top of it the norwegian home at the south pole was christened Pol belm then began the return trip on the and the return seems to have been much ealler easier thim than when the men berf were searching for the pole the fram conveying the victorious explorers left the day bay of whales on january 30 and auer a long voyage against contrary winde arrived at hobart obart II |