QUEST’S DEPARTURE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 306, 20 September 1921, Page 5

QUEST’S DEPARTURE

WATCHED BY CHEERING CROWDS MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION By Telecraph—Preus Auuocl&tion —Oonyrieht London, September 17. ' Sir Ernest Shackleton was cheered by the watching thousands gathered at St. Katherine’s Dock to witness the departure of the Quest. After calling at Cape Town the Quest will vanish from the world’s ken, but not into the silence which wrapped former expeditions. Sir Ernest Shackleton is accompanied now by several old comrades, including Frank Wild, as second in command. The Quest is a stout, especially built, little craft,'hardly more than a hundred feet long. She is fitted with wireless, and, therefore, at least intermittent touch wih civilisation will be kept during the long, lonely voyage of thirty thousand miles. ' Sir Ernest Shackleton, interviewed described what is known as the Quest’s "electric man,” who will be clad in a suit similar to that worn by airmen, lined with light wool, under which are wires warmed by electricity, with a special device to guard against overheating. By means of this clothing a navigator will be able to carry out work in the coldest weather. Frank Wild .was in Nyassaland l when he received Shackleton’s cable message. Ho came right away. The full personnel is as follows:—Sir Ernest Shackleton, Frank Wild, Frank Worsley (sailing master), O. G. Jeffrey (navigator), Major Macklin (burgeon), Captain Hussey (meteorologist), Lieutenant Kerr (chief engineer), Major Carr (airman), Captain Douglas (geologist), B. E. E. Mason (photographer), G. Smith (second engineer), J. Dell (electrician), E. D. Eriksen (gunner), S. Watts (wireless operator), C. J. Green (ship’s cook), and Boy Scouts Mooney and Marr. The V'second-timers” aro 'Worsley, Macklin, Hussey, and Green.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. VESSEL ANCHORS* AT GRAVESEND OWING TO ROUGH WEATHER. London, September 18. Rough weather compelled the Quest to anchor at Gravesend. It has been decided to safely stow- all the stores before resuming the voyage.—" Tho Times.”