German Antarctic Expedition.
A telegram received by., < Agon'cy ■froiar Simohatowa,’ ,-dAted June' 8, "state's Gewnaaiv ship! „ .filter a success! .lijputh Polar regions. She will regain theije fpj* three weeks'tw , and will,,thep., s.aii "fpr ,Ho^el , "'*Thl . vessel shows.outward .sig&g ,$!!!?. her ■ contract with* the doe. 1 -On? ■?sailing .from! .Kerguelen Island’, and “TarfdAtl a . party,* which* reached,. tho, L |lgqs)||g; . ice ;on "Febtudi'y; •’ M, ‘ ship was.iceßoub'd 'on 1 in lat. 66*£, long.' SOI "Neftf'land was disco vered,. .which pmjMjned -Emperor William 'JX ‘was covered with 1 ' V exception of an inactive volcano. The expedition almost a year, and many scienf3!<? ■ investigations were carried oat this period;' 4 ' White. at' dait winter quarter o were left it" Wa3“f6tWld‘ that ‘the season was too far and progress was hampered abjj snowstorms and by darkness. The ship made her way out 1 * and lefthe ice on April o. f ohfc proceeded to D«rban,passiog, guelen Island, and" calling at St. Paul and New members of the expedition ej* joyed good health, there-.,-being»ap cause of sickness, accident or death during the whole cruise, Pfdfeflpirvs* Drygalski speaks in the”’Highest .terms of the vessers.bebaYiwr r ;,in the * sea •'•aid. ?in iihp' ico.- ‘The Equipment ’ii6* were; sufficient for., anjsthnr two years. The «’• expedition not sight’the ’ Discovery, 6r'her'itelief ;ship. The specimens' ' odll&cted during the. .expedition...are.. beings..* c pent to Berlin. '”,
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Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1903, Page 2
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220German Antarctic Expedition. Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1903, Page 2
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