MAWSON FROWNS.
IRISHMAN'S EXPEDITION. LONDON, April 25. "I am on the eve of departure at the head of my own expedition on a two years' exploration voyage in the Antarctic, in the smallest craft ever used for polar exploration," declared Mr. Francis Pease, a shy, blue-eyed Irishman. He was a member of the Antarctic expeditions on the research ship William Scoresby, and the Discovery. Mr. Pease said his craft was an 80ton trawler, which, he claimed, he could navigate where no previous expedition had ventured. He hoped this would enable him to obtain unique films. "I hope to circumnavigate the Antarctic Continent and prove that it is not a single stretch of ice, but is divided into two," said Mr. Pease. "I am taking powerful wireless, and thus the Antarctic will be in touch with London continuously for the first time in history." Mr. Pease's vessel has a crew of nine. He will sail in a fortnight. Sir Douglas Mawson, the famous Antarctic explorer, frowns on the expedition. He declares it will achieve little of geographical value, as its organisation and equipment are inadequate.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 102, 3 May 1933, Page 7
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