ACROSS ANTARCTICA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1945, 31 December 1913, Page 7

ACROSS ANTARCTICA.

SIfACKLETON'S PLA!\S. ' aeroplane, ice-motors, and OIL-STEAMLIiS. A? Tek-STriph—press AatoeUUlon'-CopyrlsM , - London, Deoerobii 2!) ~ r , l'- r "cst ■ Shackietonvleavcs Buenos Aires early ,m;Oeioiin :. lk>'hopes that, tuo; UiUis-Anini'ttic.party,■' consisting of six ..^luexi ■;nnd■■ 120-dogs,■ >viil si art at tho Ja , einning-<qf>«NoycmW.»aitd?.;complote tii<v journey in live months.'.;/ • ' He intends ■'to>ii'so; j: ordinary * sledges driven by aeroplane engines;.. and 'propollors, and' also to. utilise-'iin aeroplane with dipped xwings;-;,;and:.'!V; inotOMar across .tho

lwo oil-driven.'sliips'.will bo emplovfid. One will, endeavour to traco the continuation of tlm.Graham;Land' coast southward and. cruisa in the< summer towards Ross Sea.". -

■ The second ship- will leave New Zenland and land, a party 'at...floss Sea to meet tho transcontinental party. ■■ Sir Ernest Shackleton provides for a stay iii the Antarctic of two seasons, He will bo .second in command. . ... (Rcc. December 31, 0.20 a.m.) ; _ ' London, December 30. . Sir Ernest Shaekieton,' interviewedsaid that his expedition might "solve the complete problem of tho continental nature of the Antarctic, including the assumed ■ mountain range. Tho journey would! bo longer than ■ to tho .Pole and back, and infinitely more difficult, as there woukl be no depots. "Wo shall always bo advancing, and mora than half tho distance will bo a new route. If the conditions are good and tho party is tn> to time, we intend to strike from the Pole on a new trail, keeping oil tho _ plateau. behind the Western Mountain, and coming out at Wood Bay. Otherwise, we will use Scott's or Amundsen's track. Tho trans-continental party should bo able to; report progress about April, 1915."

THE STACKHOUSE EXPEDITION. 450Q... APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING 17 PEERS. "Times"—-Sydney "Sun" Spccial Cabks. •• • London, Xiecembor 29. Captain Foster Stackhouso states that it is necessary that forty-five members of his 1914 expedition shall be British subjects.' * Already he has received 4800 applications, mostly from tho overseas Dominions and England. Seventeen peers applied, one _ being willing to become cook's boy if no other position was available. Tho scientific party will, includo a Canadian physicist, 'a . South African meteorologist, and New Zealand and Australian geologists.