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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1912
Page
9
Captain Roald Amundsen landed at Hobart Tasmania aboard the Fram amid much fame and refused to discuss his polar journey. He stated he would soon send proofs of his claimed discovery of the Pole to geographical societies.
The despatch says Roald Amundsen will stay in Hobart before sailing to Buenos Ayres then around Cape Horn to San Francisco. He intends to drift northward through the passage to the Atlantic, after meeting Captain Scott on January 19, 1911, in the Bay of Whales. Captain Scott’s agent suggests Terra Nova’s return may be delayed for scientific work.
London newspapers debate the polar race as Captain Amundsen claims arrival at the South Pole and recounts hardships endured in climbing ice fields and traversing Antarctic wastes in a race against Captain Scott to plant the Norwegian flag.
A Christiania dispatch reports King Haakon and Queen Maud consent to using their names on maps of the newly found territory. London papers debate Amundsen's pole claim while awaiting a fuller account and consider whether Scott also reached the pole. Sir Ernest Shackleton voices cautious certainty.
A Norwegian explorer argues the British sailor achieved the pole first, though Amundsen is still credited as the discoverer. The debate arises from the grim silence surrounding the Norwegian seaman and his hesitant praise.
In Oslo and across Norway, official and public bodies express joy as Captain Roald Amundsen and his team reach the South Pole and plant the flag. President Frederik Konow leads cheers in the Storting and sends greetings to Hobart. A national subscription opens to fund a future North Pole expedition.
Telegraph from Christiania reports King Haakon read Captain Amundsen's telegram announcing success at the South Pole. He thanked the explorer and sent cordial congratulations to Amundsen and the Fram crew from Hobart. King George and King Frederick reportedly sent similar messages.
Messages of congratulations arrive from King George of Great Britain and King Frederick of Denmark to King Haakon as a ceremonial passage passes between Haakon and Captain Amuréisen.
Lieutenant Shackleton discusses the polar contest between Roald Amundsen and Captain Scott. He notes potential misses if cairns were similar and dates a possible England claim if Scott reached the pole before December 14 and within a few miles of Amundsen. He predicts Amundsen’s records will need little interpretation and praises his geographic impact.
English reaction to Amundsen’s polar race shifts from claims of unsportsmanlike conduct to a warm reception for the Norwegian explorer. Shackleton, briefing at Mansion House, confirms the South Pole claim as true, but notes uncertainty about Captain Scott’s status.
Lieutenant Shackleton notes in Amundsen reports that Ross barrier ends at a mountain junction and a southeasterly range. Amundsen chose a new inland ice route avoiding Beardmore. He questions obscurities and notes both explorers naming a plateau for kings Haakon and Edward.
The Metropolitan Club elected officers for the coming year. President C Howard Walker. Secretary Sylvester Baxter. Treasurer A T Guild. Directors include George Howland Cox, Arthur A Shurtleff, Fred Law Olmstead, and William W Churchill.
The Rev. Titus M. Merriman A. M. aged 90, a retired Baptist pastor with service from Maine to California and in Canada, died at his daughter Mrs. L. M. Stewart's home at 85 Cedar Street Somerville. Death followed bronchial trouble and heart failure. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Spring Hill Baptist Church.
About 10:20 last night several engine oil barrels exploded in the Lincoln power house at Battery and Commercial streets. Sheets of flame and hot ashes spread through an ash alley in the boiler room, but the engine room remained undamaged. Firemen fought a stubborn blaze with damage estimated at $200.
A four year old Greek boy named Chenisdoplis Lap sion wandered near North station Monday night. His parents in Manchester were located last night after the child was sent to Tewksbury. He lives at 1125 Spruce Street in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Washington dispatch notes skeptics among geographers and navigators regarding how Amundsen, with a slower Fram, beat Scott to civilization. Critics compare routes from Bay of Whales to Tasmania and Tasmania to Bay of Whales versus Scott’s Faster Terra Nova. Doubts circulate in London as well.
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