ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
THE RYMILL EXPEDITION DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND. Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 10. Mr John Rymill’s three-masted schooner Penola will leave to-day for Grahamland, taking the bulk of the party’s supplies for three years. Tile ‘ News-Chronicle ’ says it is the most important expedition southward since the Shackleton expedition, the object being to discover whether Antarctica is one or two continents. A sledge journey of 1,000 miles will be made behind Weddell Sea, but the expedition will not attempt to reach the Pole. THE PENOLA SAILS. LONDON, September 10. (Received September 11, at 10 a.m.) The Penola has sailed for Antarctica.
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Evening Star, Issue 21822, 11 September 1934, Page 9
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101ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION Evening Star, Issue 21822, 11 September 1934, Page 9
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