"WHY NOT?"
DR. MAWSON'S EXPEDITION. DR. CHARCOT OFFERS TO SELL HIS VESSEL 'A CHANCE FOR SOMEBODY. By Telegraph.— Press Association,— Copyiight. (Received April 19, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 18th April. Dr. Charcot, the French Antarctic explorer, who returned to France last year, after an absence of two years in the Antarctic regions, has offered 1 to sell to Dr. Mawson (who purposes leading an Australian expedition South Polewards) 1 his vessel Pourquoi Pas. The doctor is willing to sell for £8000. Dr. Mawson Has suggested that the Government or some philanthropist might seize the opportunity of presenting the vessel to Australia, especially as she is perfectly designed for a scientific Polar exploration. The Prince of Monaco will present Dr. Mawson's . expedition with deep-sea dredging apparatus, and Lord Denman (Governor-General-elect of Australia-) has promised a subscription.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 91, 19 April 1911, Page 7
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134"WHY NOT?" Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 91, 19 April 1911, Page 7
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