CAPT. SCOTT'S VOYAGE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 180, 9 November 1910, Page 5

CAPT. SCOTT'S VOYAGE

BRISK PREPARATIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ' Christchurch, Last Night. The scientists, officers and sailors of Captain Scott's expedition are trying hard to get everything in readiness for departure at the end of this month, and there is an enormous amount of work to do. but all hands are willing hands, and Captain Scott is the most willing of them all. The three geologists, Messrs Wright, Denham, and Griffiths Taylor, have left or. a visit to Mount Cook, whyre they will spend about a fortnight enquiring into the effects of glacial action. They expect to do some original work there, and gain information which will be useful to them when they are in the Antarctic. Other member's of the expedition are sorting out stores and having them placed in convenient positions, and others spend most' of their time in the Magnetic Observatory in the public gardens here, where the instruments, which will work in unison, are being compared. Two huts, one for the large party at AfeMurdo Sound, and th" other for the smaller party in King Edward VII. Land, stand in skeleton form on the reclaimed land at Lyttelton. Thev have been erected in order to supply members of the expedition with experience in this respect, and in view of the fact that there are few carpents in the ship's company, this work has been pushed on with much despatch. Although the public here show great interest in everything connected with the expedition, they have left Captain Scott and his comrades alone, consequently there has been no delay, and Captain Scott is confident that he will be ready to depart on his voyage before December 1.