SOON BACK.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 116, 2 May 1911, Page 1

SOON BACK.

JAPANESE EXPLORERS RETURN.

Svdney, May 1. Shipping circles were astonished bv the arrival late this afternoon

of the Jansu-ese exploring ship! Kama .a Mann which recently left. New Zealand .-.it: locate' the South Pol.’. The '•fficers are reticent, bi.t ;r-n-•. lowers managed to learn that thf\ reached Coalman Island, well ilhin the Antarctic Circle. The;. remained there four days. They had lost ten of their dogs through sickness and cold. They did not land, and decided to return to Sydney. It is stated that they will make another attempt later. A ROUGH PASSAGE. J (Received 2. 9.55 a.m.) Sydney, May 2. Members of the Japanese expedi-' tion are reticent. From the time they left New Zealand till they decided to return they encountered extremely rough weather and a succession of gales. The ship was continually awash. Arriving off Victoria Land they proceederl along the coast to latitude 74 deg. South, longtitude 171 deg. East. They saw nothing but icebergs, snow, and penguins. After four days’ buffeting and failing to make a landing owing to large quantities of ice, they decided to return. The officers declare the expedition was purely scientific. They had no intention to attempt to reach the Pole. They propose to stay in Sydney for some time for refitting and renewing provisions, and then they will make anotheiattempt to reach the polar regions in the spring.