SHACKLETON'S FUNERAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 125, 29 May 1922, Page 5

SHACKLETON'S FUNERAL.

AN IMPRESSIVE SERVICE. NAME TO CONJURE WITH. (Received 12.30 p.m> LONDON, May 28. Ca.pt. 'ITussey, who went to South iGeorgia from Buenos Aires with Sir Ernest Sliac-kleton's body, has arrived at Southampton. He said that after Sir 'Ernest Shiu-kleton's funeral he had a .strange lonely time waiting the return jof the Quest. In the daTk of the early morning of April ti, Hansen burst into hie room with: "Quest's coming in." The crew were all 'bearded and scrubby, i'but cheerful. There were minor casualties during the cruise; Oapt. Worsley, sailing master, had several ribs broken, crushed by a lifeboat swinging out in a ] heavy sea. The airman, Lieut. Carr, had a bad abscess on the face, and was given hospital treatment on the island ot South Georgia. 'Sir Ernest Shackleton's death was painless and peaceful. There was a calm majesty about the funernl. which was helj on a placid afternoon following days of sno-iv and tempest. Many humble, whalers, who sailed forty miles to pay the last honours, were moved to tears at the graveside. Sir Ernest's name was one to conjure with in the Antarctic, where, to the <>nd of time, the rough Norwegian whalers in the long, dark nights will tell the epic of his boat journey from 'Eleiphant Island to Georgia. — ("Times.") !