ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
THE EXPLORATION ARRANGEMENTS. : (DY TELKQBAriI—FEZ ESS ASSOCIATION.)•' Christohiirch, December 26. Lientenant Sliackletou lias informed-Pro-fessor David that as ;soon as the Nimrod arrives at King Edward VII. LaJitl it is intended to despatch J'rr. Joyce on,-a sledge expedition to rocks o,i that land, with Messrs. Priestley, Dav'.d, Mawson; and Cotton. The later two arrived in yesterday. Mr. Mavcson, ivho ii: lecturer in'mineralogy at Adckiidc, is physicist and cHeWst. to the oxped/.tion. ■" Mr.^'Cotton" is science .demonstrator at Sydney ' Driivcrsity, and will accompany'the oxpedifci on for a phort time to..assist m any competing and'should return with Profesftdr David.in the Nimrod to Lyttortpn about ,tho; end of March. Mr. Mawson will reniaiii'all next year with the land party on King Edward VII. Land. ' -. '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 79, 27 December 1907, Page 7
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121ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 79, 27 December 1907, Page 7
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