TRANS-POLAR JOURNEY.
* :—», ..: ! SIR E, SHAOKIfEION'S PLANS. By i'elefiraphv-Prcs? AESoeia.tfon—Coufrrißhi' (Rcc'i -February 7, : 0' ..-.a.in,)' '.' Wondoji,. February 5. Sir Ernest Shaokjetcsn lias to purchase tho recently-Jiuilli ''Norwegian ice vessel Polaris for liis forthcpniiivg Polar expedition. Tho vessel will b.ft converted to use oil fuel, and renamed ttw E«fluj'iince. -Sho wiirbe'einpfeyed Under Oaptaßi Davis's command in the. W.eddell Sea. The Aufoa will probably bo selected for the work in tiro Rpsj Sea, Or, failing her, Admiral Peary's .ftoosev-eit, which is iimler offer, the. Eudui.a.iic.o will bB-mahiuxl. by Navy men, and tho Ross gea ship, by me'rchnii.t service men. Captain Ordclees. of. tho Ivoval Marines, a.hd head of tlio Heal Motor School, who is .also nil export: Alpinist, has joined, tho expedition, Sciv.erai of Scott's 'and Jlap:dn's :m.citliavo' appliotl for positjojis, afld two of tho latter have been selected for flu sßtontfli* staff. '
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1978, 7 February 1914, Page 5
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140TRANS-POLAR JOURNEY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1978, 7 February 1914, Page 5
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