TO THE ANTARCTIC.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1053, 16 February 1911, Page 5

TO THE ANTARCTIC.

..:—:—.■■■»..,..:■....■:/. V . THE GERMAN '.'.EXPEDITION, By Tclerraph-rrcss Asebclatlon-Copyrlgot ' Berlin, February 14. I The expenses of Lieutenant. Filcbner's Antarctic Exjtedition have been guafanteed. It leaves Hamburg on May 2 next. While in Edinburgh lust year to confer with Dr. Bruce; lender of the. Scottish Antarctic Expedition, Lieutenant. Filchn«r. was interviewed by tho Edinburgh "Dispatch." "Captain Scott, Dr. Bruce, and. myself," said Lieutenant Fllchner, "Want to work in profitable bwraony, so that our plans neither, overlap nor omit important investigation in the Antarctic. Upnerally speaking, Contain Soott works from tho lioss Sea. and his Object is to attain the South Pole. Dr. Bruco and I tako tho Atlantic side, and we agree generally that I work .to tho west of Confer Land.- and thnt Dr. Bruce works from (icvats Land to thoeastward. Our theories as to tho conformatioil of tho land in the Weddell Sen* arc different. Whereas I beliovo the sea to extend far south of tho South Orkneys, Dr. Druco is incliued to believe that there is nn extension of land northwards. My great object is to find nut what actually occurs in this region, iuid to investigate tho relationship of Eastern arid Western Antarcticu." ' Lieutenant Filchner snmo months ago bought tlio sailing vessel Bjorn. Dr. Druco propo.soa to start in liny with his Scottish expedition.