The Antarctic
SIR URXEST SHACKLKTOYS EXPEDITION'.
VALUE OF MAGNETIC OBSERVA-
TIONS.
! Jy Cable—Press Association—Copyright -Received 20, 5.5 p.m. * London, April 23.
Sir Ernest Shaekleton was the guest <>f the Pilgrims' Club. He sketched bis plans ,for landing from the Wcddel in the second week of December with sufficient food for the whole trans-con-tinental journey. Each daily ration, of the highest nutritive value, will weigh ounces.
lie remarked that the £45,000 spent on the last expedition would within three years be saved by the magnetic work accomplished. Observations near the magnetic pole showed that variations of lines on the charts used by ships southward of the Equator were slightly wrong. The correction ennabled ships to save two honrs of their journey.
Emphasising the importance of meteorology, he mentioned that a dense ice season in the Weddel Sea meant heavy rains in Chili and Argentina. This year's open season in Weddell Sea had ied to lighter rains in Argentina. If observations were taken over a series of years, farmers and stock breeders in the Argentina would be able to more or less regulate their water supplies
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 278, 27 April 1914, Page 5
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184The Antarctic Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 278, 27 April 1914, Page 5
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