ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 94, 18 October 1910, Page 7

ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

TERRA NOVA' LEAVES MELBOURNE. Bt Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright, MELBOURNE, 17th October. The Antarctic expedition ship Terra Nova waited at Dour Bay for the purpose of shipping photographic apparatus t and sailed for Lyttelton to-day. Captain Scott will sail from Sydney bj the Warrunoo next Saturday for Wei-"* lington. LATE ARRIVAL AT CAPETOWN. ADVENTURE WITH SHARKS'. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 9th September. News has been received that the Terra Nova arrived at Capetown in the middle of August, fourteen days late, and the delay is explained through the vessel stopping at South Trinidad Island to collect specimens. Incidentally trie explorers experienced an exciting adventure "with sharks. Lieut. Evans gives the following story of what transpired to the Capetown correspondent of the vVestern Mail (Cardili) : — "We are ,a , fortnight behind our programme, said the lieutenant, "but the ship does not steam as well as we anticipated. The large four-bladed propeller hampers her while sailing, and the best run we have made is 201 miles in a day. The Terra Nova is excellent in a sea-way, very dry, and she rides saeily to the heaviest seas." "The Terra Nova," continued Lieutenant Evans, "left Madeira on 26th June, and the same afternoon we got into the north-east trade winds, stopped engines, and sailed for eleven days. We steamed through the doldrums in a south-west monsoon. The weather was not bad, and not too hot. Nearly all the officers took a hand at stoking, myself included. Every soul in the ship does his work with a whole heart. We had a holiday the day we crossed the line. The usual ceremonies were performed, and the costumes worn by Father Neptune and his court were excellent. That evening we had a concert. "On Tuesday, ziitn July, the Terra Nova- arrived at South Trinidad Island. We -landed a. large party to collect specimens, and a heavy swell, wording up after we had landed, cut off our retreat. We had to swim out through the surf one by one, and run the gaum.*... of the sharks which were visible from the boats. However, they made no attempt to touch us, and certainly none of our men showed the slightest fear of the sharks. This goes to show that we have the right spirit in our crew. We floated all the collections off in baskets, tins, and boxes, hauling them through the surf by means of heavy lines and attaching the gear to lifebuoys. "After leaving Trinidad we got some rough weather and tremendous seas, but we were really not uncomfortable."

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