THE SOUTH POLE.
RIVAL EXPEDITIONS. jBR'T T SH VERSUS AMERICANS. S'K E. SHACKLETON'S VIEWS. United Press Association —By Eleotrio Telegraph Copyright. Rceieved February 6, 5 p.m. LONDON. February 5. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, says that the starting base of the expedition sug gested by Commandar Peary jvill be 200 miles more northerly than that of Captain Scott, and he doubts if the Americans can land there, because the regions are unknown to Americans. The expedi'.ion will, Sir E. Shackleton says, be further handicapped by journeying over quite n."» ground, whereas ..Captain Scutt will i; -traverse his own ruuts to within 97 miles of the Pole.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9712, 7 February 1910, Page 5
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