THE WONDERS OF WIRELESS.
NEWS FOR SHACKLETON
In a recent issue of Blackwood’s Magazine is an interesting reference to the Antarctic expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton. It occurs in an article on the navy and the war by a naval officer afloat, and tells how the news of the battle of the Falkland Islands reached Sir Ernest. “During the night,” says the writer, “we intercepted a wireless signal from Port Stanley, which made one realise so very forcibly the gradual subjugation of the world by modern invention. The message was addressed to ‘Shackleton,’ and gave the Antarctic explorer the latest news, informing him of our little show and of the state of affairs in Europe.” It seemed uncanny almost to think of Shackleton and his band, by then, we hoped, on the ice barrier, with hut, etc., built thus getting news of the outside world —the topsyturvy outside world. One felt that the kingdom he had set out to conquer was the only one where peace did reign supreme—the peace of the Great Silent White Unknown.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1533, 8 April 1916, Page 4
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176THE WONDERS OF WIRELESS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1533, 8 April 1916, Page 4
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