JAPANESE EXPEDITION.
MEMBERS MffICaSNT.
DISAGREEABLE EtSPEIRIEIN'OES
ANOTHER ATTEMPT PROBAIiLK.
SYDNEY, May 2
The members of the Japanese expedition ai-p reticent. It is learned from tho times they loft New Zealand till -they decided to return they en-* countered extremely rough weather and a. succession of gales. The ship vrtifi. continually awash. Arriving! fl ff A 7ictoria Land they proceeded along •tho coast to latitude.. 74 degrees south; longitude 171 emst. They saw nothing but iceitt&re's, snow, and penguins, and after four days buffeting, failing to make a landing owing to tho largp quantities of ice, they decided to return. The officers declaim that tho expedition Avas purely a scientific! cue, and that there: was no ,i'ntentioii of an attempt to retaich the Pole. They propose to stay, at Sydney for some time refitting and renewing provisions, and will inuko another attonipt on the Polai 1 regions in the spring.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10356, 3 May 1911, Page 3
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149JAPANESE EXPEDITION. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10356, 3 May 1911, Page 3
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