ANTARCTICA.
CHARCOT'S EXPLORATORY WORK. BERGS CAUSE A- LEAK. By Telegraph—Press Association—Conyrlcht. (Rec. February 15; 9.15 p.m.) , Paris, February 15. Further details. of Dr. Charcot's French Antarctic expedition in ' tho "Pourqnoi Pas?" (which has returned to Punta Arenas) show that Dr.: Charcot completed the map to- Adelaide Island (which lies off the coast of Graham Land, south of the island .bearing the.name of .the oxplorer Bisco'e). . ,:. Dr. Charcot surveyed a new land 120 miles long before wintering at Peter;mann Island. During'the second Antarctic summer ho explored the South Shetland-Islands,' and then went south of Aloxander: I Land. ..,■■. '■■■'■■■' : .'' Early: in -the voyage collisions with bergs ;caused a leak in the vessel, which it was impossible to repair. '.Water ?was entering at ..the rate of, two tons an hour, and this' necessitated' pumping throughout.the voyage. ■ The. crew suffered from scurvy and heart trouble.■■.■'.:■' '■-'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 7
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140ANTARCTICA. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 7
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