Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1912 — RIVAL EXPLORERS CLAIM DISCOVERY [ARTICLE]

RIVAL EXPLORERS CLAIM DISCOVERY

South Pole Has Been Reached, but by Whom? scon AND AMUNDSEN THERE Amundsen Said to Give Scott the Glory, but Later Intelligence Is -» that Norwegian Himself Is Successful Man. London, March 8. —The south pole has been discovered by Captain Raold Amundsen. Definite news has been received in London, via Christiania, that he reached the pole between the fourteenth and seventeenth of December. Christiania, March 8. The king has received a telegram from Captain Amundsen, but the contents have not been dltulged. Captain Amundsen's brother, Leon, says: “Rabid will go on a lecture tour of Australia and, Europe, after which he will head an expedition to the north pole. Meantime the Fram after making necessary repairs will go to San Francisco, w’here Amundsen will meet her in 1913.”

London, March 8. —The south pole has been discovered by Captain Robert F. Scott of the British royal navy. This hews was given to the world by Captain Raold Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer and a rival of the Englishman in the quest of the antarctic goal, in a dispatch from Wellington, New Zealand. Amundsen has just returned from his south polar expedition in the steamer Fram, and his arrival was reported from Hobart, Tasmania. The advices do not give the date of the discovery or mention the present whereabouts of the Scott expedition, but the arrival of the captain at some far southern port is expected hourly and is awaited with the, keenest Interest. ,

Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton, commenting on Captain Amundsen’s announcement that he discovered the south pole, points out that Dec. 14 to 17 means that when he reached the geographical pole he waited three days, taking observations so as to accurately determine his position and exclude any uncertainty. The roster of Scott’s expedition consisted of fifty-one men, counting the crew of the Terra Nova. Of this number twenty-three comprised the scientific fore®. There were four geologists, several zoologists and a number of other scientists. Here is a list of the principal members of the expedition: Captain R. F. Scott, commander; Lieutenant E. R. G Evans, second in command; Dr. E. A. V» ilson’ Lieutenant V. I. A. Campbell, R. N.; Lieutenant H. L. Pennell, R. N.- Lieutenant H. E. Rennick, R. N.; Lieuten®**t H. R. Bov ers, R. N.; Lla itenant ■E. W. Riley, R. N.; Dr. G. M. Legick, Dr. E. L. Atkinson, C. H. Meas, in cha»ge of dogs and ponies; Capt-i.i L. E. G. Oates, Dr. G. C. Simps »n and T. Griffiths.