IN THE FAR SOUTH.
DR. MAYVSON HAMPERED BY FOGS. By TelezraDh—Press Association—GoDyrJeh" Sydney, March 19. Dr. Mnwson, writing to Professor David from Adelie Land, states that his expedition encountered remarkably heavy puck ice, and that explorations and observations were greatly hampered by dense fogs. M". Murphy, leader of the third party, writing to his parents, reports that Mawsoil's ship Aurora dragged hor anchors at the soufh end of Mncqunrrie Island, bumped on the rocks, and was nearly wrecked. AMUNDSEN" AND THE POLE. Hobart, March 19. Captain Amundsen, speaking fit a meeting of tho Royal Society, said ho considered that Sir James Ross held first place as an Arctic and Antarctic explorer. Referring to the South Pole, ho stated that people had better wait beforo they credited him (the speaker) with being tho first to reach it; Captain Scott might have another story to tell. If Scott had not actually been there he was suro to return with good results.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1393, 20 March 1912, Page 5
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159IN THE FAR SOUTH. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1393, 20 March 1912, Page 5
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