ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
-MAWSON SHIP RETURNING NORTH. By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyright • Hobart, November 27. A wireless message states.that the. Aurora, the exploring ship pf Dr. Mawson'g Antaictio expedition, has left the Macquaries, and is duo here- on December 15. She will afterwards return to the Macquaries to bring back the expedition. An important discovery was made during the voyage down, tending to confirm the theory that there was a formeT land connection between Tasmania and Antarctica. When the vessel was two hundred miles south, soundings. showed a rocky ridge at a depth of seven hundred fathoms, extending almost due north and 60uth. Present .charts show fifteen, hun-' dred to two thousand fathoms in . this area. P«ss^Jy H Diedrlohen, the .Nor"whaler ,at New Zealand; will superintend the Aurora's whaling, operations. ' ' ; .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1610, 29 November 1912, Page 5
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127ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1610, 29 November 1912, Page 5
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