SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON'S PROPOSED TRANSPORT. Sir Ernest Shackleton's plans for his new expedition to the Antarctic would appear to be arousing the keenest interest in exploratory circles in Britain. The above drawing shows the new ideas of Antarctic traction which are now engaging the leader's attention. The heavily-loaded sledges arc to be drawn across the ice—if the experiments prove successful—by means of air-propelled sleighs taking the form of wingless aeroplanes. Ahead of the main.party will go the taxi-aeroplane with clipped wings, which will bear its own load of food.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 48, 25 February 1914, Page 8
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89SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON'S PROPOSED TRANSPORT. Sir Ernest Shackleton's plans for his new expedition to the Antarctic would appear to be arousing the keenest interest in exploratory circles in Britain. The above drawing shows the new ideas of Antarctic traction which are now engaging the leader's attention. The heavily-loaded sledges arc to be drawn across the ice—if the experiments prove successful—by means of air-propelled sleighs taking the form of wingless aeroplanes. Ahead of the main.party will go the taxi-aeroplane with clipped wings, which will bear its own load of food. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 48, 25 February 1914, Page 8
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