THE FRENCH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
Br. J can* Charcots new Antarctic expedition is making good progress, according to advices received by the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. It. is expected to start, in July, and will be provisioned for three years, though it is the intention to be absent only two. An important part of the equipment will be motor sledges,, presented by the Marquis do Dion. Experiments will be made in the Alps with these sledges during the present winter. The ship of tho expedition, which is being built at St. Malo, will be specially strong to resist ice pressure, and be of barquentine rig, with compound engines of 550 horse-power. She is to be 135 ft in length, with beam of 50t't, and will carry about 250 tons of coal and 100 tons of provisions. The crew will consist, of 22 men. The scientific .staff, in addition to the leader, will consist of three naval officers, two zoologists, one geologist, and one physicist for magnetic and photographic work. *
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13699, 16 March 1908, Page 6
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