POLAR EXPLORATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 September 1909, Page 3

POLAR EXPLORATION.

Paiss Association — Coptoight. . DJSCOVERY OF THE POLE. -v ' ANNEXATION BY UNCLE &AM. 4 A BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDI- 1 TION. LIEUT. 1 SHACKLETON'S AS- I SISTANCE. * LONDON, Mondayr iietft. Shackleton will' give the benefit of his recent experience to preparations for the Scott Anarc-*'-tic expedition. The coßt is estimated £40,000. Captain Scott hopes to start in -August, 1910, and intends, with a view to investigating virgin areas, to '^establish. *on King Edward the 'Seventh* Land a second base, 400 miles eastward of McMurdo Sonad He will take ITanchurian ponies to carry food to the foot of the glaciers. Their place will then be taken by> Eskimos and dogs. He will ntilise_ improved motor sledges, , which have been satisfactorily tested iir-Norway^ r Commander Peary stated that he went ten miles beyond his camp at tfie North Pole, and- eight to the nght of the camp, taking photcT*graphs, depositing records, and studying the horizon— with a telescope for " possible" land. Commander Peary informs the State Department that he took pos--1 cession of the entire region on behalf 'of the" President of the United States. „ . 'Slums'