THE SOUTH POLE.
The exploits of Captain, Scott and his partly in the Antarctic regions make interesting -enough -reading. To the average man of the world, they. r'epre-_ sent' very little more than a self4mpesed act of "endfuTance. The cause of science: may benefit to some extent by tueee explorations, >But whether. Amundlseri beat Scoti, or Scott beat Amundsen in. reaching that part. ofthe terrestrial sphere where penguins and seal® alone abound, is- a matter of perfect indifference to.most people. The loss of a dbg or a pony in a crevasse, is melancholy enough in its way; but really these matters' are of minor importance compared with the great national problems which are at j present agitating the minds of the j peopJe. ''■■•.';!
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10599, 3 April 1912, Page 4
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123THE SOUTH POLE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10599, 3 April 1912, Page 4
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