TO ANTARCTICA.
SHACKLETON'S .MARCH ACROSS A ... ... - CONTINENT. Br Telegraph—Prcra AsSoeiatkm-CopjTteht ' {London, January I. _ Tho Now Zealand section of Sir Ernest Shackloton's Antarctic party will establish depots for three hundred miles, but Sir Ernest Shaekleton hopes to aewmpijsh the journey without depot aid. He will carry twelve thousand pounds of food, and the dogs will eat,.each other as they proceed. (Rcc. January 2, 11.15 p.m.) London, January 2. Lord Ctirzon warmly approves of Sir Ernest Shackleton's scheme. Of living Englishmen ho w.-is best fitted to' carry to a successful issuo tho feat of discovering what was hidden iu the great white blank —whether it was mountainous glaciers., or frozen plateau; "It-appeals-to tho imagination," says Lord Curzon, * "as . ono of the few great achievements in exploration still left to the, human race," ■ , 4 '-. ..
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 5
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131TO ANTARCTICA. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 5
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