Eureka Reporter | 1903-06-19 | Page 7 | Winter in Extreme South

WINTER IN LY extreme i REME SOUTH frightful C cold old experienced la the ant artic circle A bailor sailor on the antarctic ship DIs covery whose commander capt scott has approached nearer the south pole than any other explorer writes as fol lows laws of his winter experiences we had daya days without the sun and day s complete darkness we went through it all gay lowest tempera ture registered 58 degrees below zero you do not feel the cold very much without ane wind then with wind look out first your hose then ears then fingers go we never go out alone on account of the heavy bliz zarda your companion will turn round and say your nose Is gone it turns as white as this paper you turn away from the wind and pull your mittens off to bring your nose around by that time your fingers are gone so it s no pleasure going out in a slight breeze the blizzards are fear ful mr air bernacchi Bernac cht and the engineer went to a hut fifty yards away and though roped from hut to ship were lost in a blizzard for two and three Q quarter hours