SHACKLETON EXPEDITION.
SAILING DATE FIXED. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.) London, May 5. Sir Ernest Shackleton and fivo members of his expedition are going to the Norway glaciers, where blizzards similar to those of the Antarctic are common. They will test their motorsledges, wear their polar kits, and exist on sledging rations. The vessel Endurance arrives' in London this month. She is a beautiful specimen of wooden shipbuilding. The Aurora will be delivered at Hobart at the end of August, and sail for the Antarctic in November. Most of the expedition sail by the Endurance in August.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 14, 7 May 1914, Page 5
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98SHACKLETON EXPEDITION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 14, 7 May 1914, Page 5
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