JAPS. FROM ANTARCTICA.
A FtYIHG VISIT. AN TTTTBUCCESSFCX VENTURE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Japanese Antarctic exploring ship Kainan Maru, which returned to Wellington on Saturday, the furthest south attained being 80deg. smin., left Sydney on November 10 last, and had only been away 124 days. According to Lieutenant Shirase'e report the vessel left the ice barrier finally for Wellington on February 4, so that the trip northward occupied 47 days. If the trip southward from Sydney occupied the same time the expedition could have spent only 30 days in Antarctica.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 73, 25 March 1912, Page 7
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