COSTLY BUSINESS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 333, 14 January 1937, Page 3

COSTLY BUSINESS

Sir Douglas Mawson Explains Cost Of Exploring.

Being an explorer isn’t all romantic adventure and newspaper publicity. It takes money, and it takes a tremendous lot of hard work. Big- ; strong, and breezy, Sir Douglas Maw- i son, who might be taken for either i an eminent professor or a famous j explorer—and is both —smiled when i he was asked about; his work. pt > was suggested that he was planning j another expedition to Antarctica for I 1938, and that was what caused the i smile. “You get me the money and I will | arrange an expedition at any time,” I he said, and he looked as if he 1 meant it. He had no further expedition in : immediate prospect, h e said, though j there was still a lot of work that could be done in Antarctica. The bar to expeditions of the tylpe was principally money. It was the hardest thing of all to get and scientific expeditions could not be organised without it. He did not say so —but ; one gathered from his manner that | given that necessary commodity an • expedition to Antarctica had no ; more troubles to him than would a j trans-Tasman crossing.