ANTARCTIC DISCOVERY.
[Per Press Association.]
LONDON, August 1
At the Geographical Conference M. Borchgrevinck’ read a paper on Antarctic exploration. He recommends Cape Adair as a base for a South Polar expedition. Dogs and sledges could, he said, reach beyond the south magnetic pole. He offered to lead a landing party to Cape Adair. Ho estimated the extent of Victoria Land at 8,000,000 square miles. The Committee of the Conference passed a resolution affirming that tho Antarctic region was tho greatest field for exploration which still remained to be undertaken, and recommending the scientific societies of tho world to take it in hand before tho close of the century. M. Borchgrevinck’s paper was favorably discussed.
Mr Harmsworth, who is financing Jackson’s North Polar expedition, is willing to contribute to a project for Antarctic research, and he believes tbat Australia will subscribe largely.
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Evening Star, Issue 9774, 2 August 1895, Page 2
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