SHACKLETON'S EXPEDITION.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1916, Page 5

SHACKLETON'S EXPEDITION.

PUNTA ARENAS PARTY * RECOVERING, [ LIFE ON ELEPHANT ISLAND, A STRENUOUS TIMF By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received Sept. 11, 7.30 p.m. London, Sept. 10. The Daily Chronicle states that the Puuta Arenas party are making good recoveries from their privatWs. They will arrive in England at the end of October. Captain Wild gives a vivid description of life on Klephunt Island. The hut was constantly flooded, and bailed nightly. The only hot meal was served at dawn and consisted of penguin and fried blubber. At lunch they had biscuits and raw blubber. The afternoon was spent in exercising, the track being 1 a hundred yards long. For dinner penguins' breast and bovril. They greatly enjoyed the half-digested fish found in seals' stomachs. The men smoked grass from padding in hoots, the pipes being carved from wood and bird.,' bones. Captain Wild decided that failing relief at the end of October they would try to reach Deception Island where whalers came during the summer. Biscuits, sugar, sledging and rations were reserved for this party. They went to bed at half-past five, and took turns to read aloud the Bible, Encyclopedia Britannica, and leading authors. The first question asked the rescuers was, "When was the war over."