VIEWS OF OTHER EXPLORERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 37, 13 February 1913, Page 3

VIEWS OF OTHER EXPLORERS

Bj Telegraph.— Pres? As.sociaUo>i.— Copyright. gNEW YORK, 12th February. Captaili Amundsen thinks Scotf and his .companions mirtst have been exhaust' ed and starving, and that probably scurvy was rife when the blizzard came. It was a mistake not to have taken dogs. Tho men in their weakened condition must have had added sufferings during the sledging on "the ice, without protection from the mercilessly sweeping winds. "I cannot - read Scott's last message without emotion," added Captain Amftndsen. "I never met him personally, but he was a brave man." Shackleton in his dash turned homeward just in time to save his life. LONDON, 12th February. • The Royal Geographical Society "has received a cable message from Admiral Peary, discoverer of the North Pole, expressing his sympathy and admiration of the heroic deaths of Captain Scott and his companions. He adds that their names will be the Southern Cross of Antarctic exploration. • CHRISffIANIA, 12th February. Dr. Nansen expresses the opinion that tho blizzard was not the real cause of the disaster, but only the last straw. He was satisfied , that the tragedy was due to the men being weakened by their terrible hardships, and probably by the ravages of scurvy, .to which Oates's desperate action 'was, explainable. Another important cause was in their not using dogs or ponies to drag the stores. COPENHAGEN, 12th February. Sir. C E. Borchgrevink, the leader of the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic, said that for Captain Scott to have reached, the Pole was a glorious deed, but more glbrious was his- long march bac£.