NEW EXPEDITION.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1921, Page 5

NEW EXPEDITION.

IN INTERESTS OF SCIENCE. SHACKLETON’S PLANS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, June 29. Sir -Ernest Shackleton sails from Lon-« don in August on the ship Quest, in. command of a small exploration parly to investigate obscure islands in the Pacific and Atlantic, visiting certain of the South Polar seas. He will visit New Zealand. Received June 30, 8.10 p.m. London, June 28. Sir Ernest Shackleton’s tiny auxiliary vessel Quest, little more than two hundred tons, has been built to withstand ice pressure, and lias been equipped with the most modern instruments for scientific research. The ship carries captive balloon gear, a seaplane platform and powerful wireless. The expedition will undertake a complete hydrographical) survey en route, and will make chart# of air currents, and will investigate bird, animal and marine life. The stafj includes a number of Sir Ernun Shackleton’s colleagues on the Nimrod and thqi Endurance expeditions. No crew other than scientists will ba carried on the journey to where the ‘ship will finally fit, out, callingfl en route at the Solvagcs Islets audf South Trinidad. From Capetown the Quest will heed direct south to the, Sandwich Islands and South Georgia W. search of suitable whaling After refitting they will explore th&; little-known sub-Antarctic Ocean islands*, where they expect to find traces of a, supposedly extinct and valuable aouthera. fur seal. Later the Quest will call atf New Zealand, proceeding thence iij search of the lost island Tuauoki, tioned in missionary records and nativd legends. Afterwards the expedition wilt go southward, seeking the myatcrioril Dougfierty Island. If it is and an accessible landing place is available, the island will be made an Oceania wireless relay station for messages be-*< tween New Zealand and .South America*' The survey will be continued thence viaJj Cape Horn and homeward by the At-*, lantic.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.