POLAR EXPLORATION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 May 1910, Page 3

POLAR EXPLORATION.

» VIEWS OF PEARY. THE ENGLISH FOR THE SOUTH POLK. [BY EIjECTIUC TEiiEc;nAi , ii--corYnTOiiT.] [I'KH rlt ESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Da v, !)..'io a.m.) LOXDOX, May 2. Commander Peary, interviewed at Tiomlo.li, said that when fit;ld work, either arctic or antarctic, was finished, tlio object tvliich lie had devoted two and a. quarter years to would have Iteen achieved. Arctic exploration was moro difficult tlian antarctic, as tlie Polar Sea. broke up annually, destroying all trails and caches. Antarctic explorers had a permanent surface. TIo believed Capt. Scott would reach the South Pole without much difficulty, unless the crew were taken ill or Mr Scott's ship wrecked.