SOUTHWARD HO!

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 7

SOUTHWARD HO!

, OF SCOTT'S EXPEDITION. : " : . : MEETING IN LONDON. ; V 1 .LIST OPENED-A DONATION OF JCIOOO. lliy -Telcctapb.—l'fcsa ' Ap.»n'plailun.—Cnoyriphl-i .■■'.•■■'•: : : . '": ■ . London, October 13. ~ A meeting, presided over by. the Lord Mayor of' London,' was held to consider tho question of: equipping another British expedition to the Antarctic. '- Tho colonial Agents-Goheral were proseiit.. ''(:■.:■■ ..-.I V .■',.'..- ■ . '■ ■ ' ..■'•■ •Captain Robert F. Scott, who led the Discovery expedition in 1901-04, has planned an expedition, , , the;cost of which ho estimates, "at iC40,0p6,'. and which, :_he hopes, will enter, tho Antarctic .ice/ at .-the, end of December, 1910, if .liberal ; support':is -promptly forthcoming. .'. ■ ■./.The .Lord Mayor announced that Lords Milnef,, Ciirzpn,' aiid Strathcoha, and the Royal .Geographical', Society '.supported tho idea of an 6speditipn. under the.leadership of .Captain. Scott-.;'.'■-..■.'= ; ':;./'■ '■■■:'.'■'.', ■ ■';■ .■"■.■■ .';■.

■ilt/was. stated ..that tho .biggest item was wages; They;'could man the ships' with, un.salaried men but the ' geologist would; know . nothing; "about, geology, ancl; .tho cook 'would be. unable to coblti It was ,proposed;to; ep'end i112,000.in; purchasing a vessel; ■SirJEdgaf Speyer (director; of. the .London house of.Spcycr'• Brothers) opened a subscription list; and donated XIOOQ. , , . ';,

• ;COLONIAL, CONTRIBUTIONS , WANTED. . ■ .Captain Scott ihtonds,.'with .the view of investigatinK virgin areas, to establish in King Edjvara-'VIi Land ■ a second, base, 400 miles "Mstward, of M'Miirdo' Sound; i 'Ho. will take Manchurian ponies, to carry > supplies of. food "to the foot of: the .glaciers. Their .place will then : ; be taken", by Eskimo- dogs.. Captain. Scott will also' utilise,.motor sledges 1: of improved typo,, .which havoibeon. tested'with satisfactory results :-in '■ Norway;. J'His/.finbtbi , ': sledges. will 'bo"-, sufficiently "IdngV. to:' ; bridge 'tho dangeroue '■crevasses'."in tho ico tiolds. I .■.■"■'. ■'..■:.'■■.. ■■,-.■'

Captain .Scott, expects, to enter tho Antarctic ice, at thn ontlof .1910, and to return -,to England .'in \Mi. "■■ ,"Hp :hns .arranged that ;.Kiqutenaht'.E.R-: G' Evans,, who was navigating officer of ihetwfl relief expeditions in ..connection irith'-'his (Captain .Scott's) pre.yious voyages' to the Antarctic, fihnll be second in. command. Many ,;of the members of the sciontifio staff-'; and tho. : crew' ; of 1901 expedition■" will - accompany. Captain,' Scott. '.'■■ . ' ';■', Largo • sums of .■ money. . ,have;, already. '• been promised towards the. cost of the Scott expedition. Captain Scott, on being interviewed, said that- .£40,000 .would be the; minimum amount required to meet thb outlay; Ho felt certain that the," ovorsea'a'doriiinions, : and/particularly Australia arid New'..Zealand, :would : furnish : a good sum .'towards the equipment of the expedition. .They ..would bo well represented ohi thevstaff'of: the •expedition.. •■> ' ■ :.;' •Hp. mentioned that, there 'was a' prospect" of utilising ethergraphs between the ship and the shore. Much regards -the- comyetpnesg. and entire cquipmoht, of the expedition, on a Hbofal and. quick response to the appeal,'for-! funds.. ,; ,'-, '■'■'/•; \~ii.■.'■■':''. ' "'.':".,