ANTARTIC EXPLORATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 75, 27 March 1903, Page 2

ANTARTIC EXPLORATIONS.

EXPLORATION WITH SLEOQKB, LO3S OF DOQS. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Ohbistchuhoh, March 26. A sledge party from the Discovery made a sledge journey from the ship. Sixty miles southward from the vessel their troubles began, the snow being soft and the extr.i task began to tell on the dogs. The work had to be done by a party going with a portion of the slsJgf s and then returning for the remainder, so that a five mile advance really me*nt a total jiurnsy of fifteen mi'es. This relay work extended ov r 29 diys, the dogs gradually dying off. The party, by thn beginning of January, had reached 82.17 south, which eclipses all previous performances. A mountain could La seen further south, its dome reared its icy summit 13,000 to 14,000 feet above sea level. Tha party reached the Discovery on February 3rd, having been absent 94 days, and having lost all the dog*. A minor sledging expedi'ion was made during the winter, the temperature going as low as minus 62.

UNWHOLESOME TINNED FOOD. Ohrtstohubch, March 26. None of the ui<satibfactory provisions came from Canterbury. A member of the Morning's Compiny states that same of the tinned vegetables were so bad that the openiog of a tin was a sure method of clearing the cabin.

The future movemen's of the Morning will depend on ins: ructions from England. It is eatianted that £BOOO i- required to send a relief ship b.ck to McMurdo Bay with supplies for herself in case she is caught, and for the Discovery. About £4OOO is availabl >, the balance having yet to be found.