THE EVER-VOYAGING NIMROD.
TO GO TOL : THE KARA SEA. That sturdy'litiffo packet, the auxiliari barqucntine Kimrpd, winch b»r iwncbt Shackleton employed, on his voyage to Mβ Antarctic, has. I>>*'-'i>6 means ceased her career of active seafaring. According to information fronv London, the Nimrod is shortlv.to..voyage;to,the.Ivara Sea, car.ry. ing wireless telegraphy plant and apparatus in connection with proposed wireless stations in Siberia. Last year the jMmrod mudo a commercial voyage to the icy seas nf Northern Russia, returning to London. For some iilonais. she has been laid «» in the Thames, but,soon now sho will w awnv ngnin, bound to the lonely north. It will 1» recalled that tho Nimrod, when Bhe sailed froin-AwlvaJm tho of Sir Lrncst Shackleton e expedition, was commanded by Laptain. John IC. Davis, , who is now in command of Dr. Mawson's exploring vessel Aurora. On that homeward run the Ainiroo paid a visit to Macquario Islands. Iho Aimroa was launched at iDiuidcc in 1B6G; but, dospito her advanced age. she is a staunch, weathcrly craft, capaWe of many jeare arduous sea service; '■
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 5 August 1912, Page 4
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175THE EVER-VOYAGING NIMROD. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 5 August 1912, Page 4
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